Well, I'm not sure people going through a disaster can be considered mentally unhealthy, so probably the phases of disaster coping are compatible with what Harper's found. Here are the phases, which I found online and did not remember with my headbone:
In the impact phase, survivors do not panic and may, in fact, show no emotion. They do what they must to keep themselves and their families alive.
In the inventory phase, which immediately follows the event, survivors assess damage and try to locate other survivors. During this phase, routine social ties tend to be discarded in favor of the more functional relationships required for initial response activities such as search and rescue and emergency medical operations.
In the rescue phase, emergency services personnel are responding and survivors are willing to take their direction from these groups without protest. They exhibit a sense of trust that their rescuers will address their needs and that they can then put their lives together quickly.
In the recovery phase, however, survivors may believe that rescue efforts are not proceeding quickly enough. That feeling, combined with other emotional stressors (for example, dealing with insurance adjustors and having to find temporary living accommodations), may cause survivors to pull together against their rescuers.
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Date: 2007-02-21 05:06 pm (UTC)In the impact phase, survivors do not panic and may, in fact, show no emotion. They do what they must to keep themselves and their families alive.
In the inventory phase, which immediately follows the event, survivors assess damage and try to locate other survivors. During this phase, routine social ties tend to be discarded in favor of the more functional relationships required for initial response activities such as search and rescue and emergency medical operations.
In the rescue phase, emergency services personnel are responding and survivors are willing to take their direction from these groups without protest. They exhibit a sense of trust that their rescuers will address their needs and that they can then put their lives together quickly.
In the recovery phase, however, survivors may believe that rescue efforts are not proceeding quickly enough. That feeling, combined with other emotional stressors (for example, dealing with insurance adjustors and having to find temporary living accommodations), may cause survivors to pull together against their rescuers.