The influence of culture on disaster mental health and psychosocial support interventions in Southeast Asia

• Main Authors: Hechanova, Ma. Regina M, Waelde, Lynn
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2017
• Subjects: Disaster; Southeast Asia; culture; religion; mental health; Emergency and Disaster Management; Psychology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/29; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13674676.2017.1322048
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Southeast Asia (SEA), which has borne the brunt of some of the most severe natural disasters in the past decade, has unfortunately, been largely under-represented in the world literature on disaster mental health. This article describes cultural factors that may inform the design and conduct of disa...