Egger also recommends shielding young children from devastating images ... mental healthcare support for your child," Egger told Scripps News. Parents also shouldn't forget about their own mental ...

First said while it is important to be informed on these natural disasters, she encouraged people to be mindful of the impact these images can have on mental health. "It's important for us to know ...

(Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images) These increasing storms ... resilience is as critical to well-being as physical health, and natural disasters with a changing climate push this resilience ...

Historically, climate disasters were thought of as rare, singular events. But thanks to climate change, disasters are escalating.

and ongoing political disaster.” Puerto Rico’s Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Services Administration (known as the Spanish acronym, ASSMCA) said calls to its crisis hotline have ...

Displacement may seem like a distant thought for many, but as the climate becomes more volatile and unpredictable, a growing percentage of Americans are forced to flee their homes in the wake of ...

Even for people who have never experienced the raging winds, floods and prolonged power outages of a hurricane, this season’s repeated images ... mental health effects of natural disasters ...

Today marks one week since the big fires in Los Angeles started. The disaster is taking a toll on peoples' mental health, but LA is working to help with their immediate- and long-term needs.

You don’t want to overdo your news and social media consumption as being overexposed to traumatic images and videos ... to take care of your mental health during the disaster rather than kicking ...

KXAN's Will DuPree and Avery Travis sit down with Kathryn Emery, a licensed professional counselor in Cedar Park, who talks about how natural disasters can affect a person's mental well-being ...

ASHEVILLE - Natural disasters evoke feelings of helplessness ... Ed Kelley is medical director of behavioral health at Sweeten Creek Mental Health and Wellness Center, a campus of HCA Healthcare ...

We often think about physical impacts in the aftermath of a natural disaster. We rarely tally ... a developmental psychologist who studies the mental health effects of environmental crises.