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Disaster behavioral health; Disaster health; Disaster mental and behavioral health; Disaster mental health
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At 4:53 PM local time (21:53 GMT) on January 12, 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastated the Haitian capital city of Port-au-Prince and surrounding area, killing an estimated 222,570–316,000 persons (Inter Agency Standing Committee, 2010; CBC News, 2011). The Haiti 2010 earthquake is noteworthy among natural disasters that subject the affected human population to intense psychological stressors (Table 1).
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Shultz, J.M., Marcelin, L.H., Espinel, Z., Madanes, S.B., Allen, A., Neria, Y. (2013). Haiti Earthquake 2010: Psychosocial Impacts. In: Bobrowsky, P.T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Natural Hazards. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4399-4_351
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