Trauma, Depression and Stress Among Individuals Living in Flood Affected and Unaffected Areas

Authors: [1] Zeenat Fatima [2] Dr. ShahinaMaqbool

Pages: 7-11

Abstract:

Disasters are traumatic events that are dangerous, overwhelming and usually sudden. These are overwhelming because these test the capability of the community and individual to cope up with a massive disruption. Humans have been victims throughout recorded history. One such example is the Flood of September 2014 affected many regions of Kashmir. After about a year of the flood trauma, depression and stress were studied among 200 individuals (100 from the flood affected area and a comparable number from an unaffected area). English version of Brief Trauma Questionnaire (Paula P. Schnurr,et.al), HAM-D and Impact of Events Scale- Revised (IES-R) were used. A significant difference was observed between participants of affected and unaffected areas on all the variables studied.