ABSTRACT: Natural and technological disasters are compared, and studies of Transportation Mass Disaster, i.e. catastrophies of road, rail, air and sea, are reviewed with respect to the psychological aftereffects on victims, including survivors, bereaved and helpers.
Transportation Mass Disasters are noted to have a number of features in common, including complicating factors which may contribute to the high incidence of post-disaster psychological morbidity.
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R. L. Stevenson
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