- Disasters are occurring at an increasing rate worldwide. All types of disasters include social disruption.
- Community’s resilience or disaster’s resilience involves the capacity to limit the impact of a disaster, anticipate the risk, adapt to the new situation, and recover.
- The majority of care in the community occurs informally. The implementation of a whole-of-society approach is advisable.
- During ongoing high stress situations/crisis, psychological intervention should focus on supporting copying and foster individual and community resilience.
- Psychological intervention should be adjusted for target populations in each different setting.