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Different disasters, different needs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Diyanath Samarasinghe
Diyanath Samarasinghe*
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Kynsey Road, Colombo 8, Sri Lanka, email dsamara@vinet.lk
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Different kinds of disaster create dissimilar conditions for survivors, and the specific realities associated with each must guide our helping responses. This in no way negates the importance of having general principles to follow in responding to major disasters (Sphere Project, 2004; van Ommeren et al, 2005).

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Thematic Papers — Natural Disasters and their Aftermath
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International Psychiatry , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , July 2006 , pp. 8 - 11
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