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  • Chapter 5 - How Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, and Disease Outbreaks Affect People and Healthcare Practitioners

  • from Section 1 - The Nature and Impacts of Twenty-First-Century Healthcare Emergencies
  • Edited by Richard Williams, University of South Wales, Verity Kemp, Independent Health Emergency Planning Consultant, Keith Porter, University of Birmingham, Tim Healing, Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London, John Drury, University of Sussex
  • Book:
    Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health
    Published online:
    11 January 2024
    Print publication:
    01 February 2024, pp 15-22

  • Summary

    It is usual for humans to experience distress in the aftermath of emergencies, incidents, disasters, and disease outbreaks (EIDD). The manifestation, severity, and duration of the experiences that constitute distress depend on many intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Recent research has demonstrated that distress may be more ubiquitous than was previously thought, and that some interventions, even if well meaning, may not be helpful. Amelioration for most people comes with timely, proportionate, and targeted support and the passage of time. Validation of people’s experiences and minimising the medicalisation of distress are important in helping people to return to ordinary social functioning. This chapter looks at distress related to major events, including the scientific principles, impacts, and implications for intervention. The case study draws on the experience of three members of a pre-hospital team and how a challenging case affected them all.