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Mental Health America. (n.d.). Coping with disaster.

This website reviews mental health coping mechanisms for disasters.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2021, March 5). Coping Tips for Traumatic Events and Disasters.

This website provides helpful tips for dealing with traumatic events and disasters.

Tahara, M., Mashizume, Y., & Takahashi, K. (2020). Coping mechanisms: Exploring strategies utilized by Japanese healthcare workers to reduce stress and improve mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(1).
https://doi-org.proxy1.ncu.edu/10.3390/ijerph18010131

This article explores strategies used by Japanese Healthcare Workers to reduce stress and improve mental health.

Wood, Z. B., Wang, D. C., Lee, C., Barnes, H., Abouezzeddine, T., Canada, A., & Aten, J. (2021). Social support, religious coping, and traumatic stress among Hurricane Katrina survivors of southern Mississippi: A sequential mediational model. Traumatology.
https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000328

This article explores the impacts of trauma experienced by survivors of major hurricanes and secondary stressors such as death of loved one or property damage.

Appel, H. B., Raney, A. A., & Ai, A. L. (2021). Positive emotional traits and coping related to depression in the aftermath of Category 5 hurricanes. Traumatology.
https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000330

This resource relates negative coping behaviors to a greater incidence of depression symptoms after surviving a Category 5 Hurricane.

Almazan, J. U., Cruz, J. P., Alamri, M. S., Albougami, A. S. B., Alotaibi, J. S. M., & Santos, A. M. (2019). Coping Strategies of Older Adults Survivors Following a Disaster: Disaster-Related Resilience to Climate Change Adaptation. Ageing International, 44(2), 141–153.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12126-018-9330-1

This article provides insights into coping strategies of older adults who have survived natural disasters.

Silver, R. C., & Garfin, D. R. (2016). Coping with disasters. In J. C. Norcross, G. R. VandenBos, D. K. Freedheim, & N. Pole (Eds.), APA handbook of clinical psychology: Psychopathology and health., Vol. 4. (pp. 597–611). American Psychological Association.
https://doi.org/10.1037/14862-029

This chapter highlights risk and protective factors in disaster survivors.