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doi.org/10.1017/S0312897000014193

Article type: Original Research

PUBLISHED 1 January 1987

Volume 12 Issue 3

doi.org/10.1017/S0312897000014193

Article type: Original Research

PUBLISHED 1 January 1987

Volume 12 Issue 3

Personal and Family Responses to Disaster: The Longer Term Perspective

Rob Gordon and Ruth Wraith

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Rob Gordon1

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Ruth Wraith1

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1 Department Child and Family Psychiatry, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne

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Rob Gordon1

Ruth Wraith1

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1 Department Child and Family Psychiatry, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne

CITATION: Gordon R., & Wraith R. (1987). Personal and Family Responses to Disaster: The Longer Term Perspective. Children Australia, 12(3), 618. doi.org/10.1017/S0312897000014193

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Abstract

The disruption of disasters and the protracted recovery period following, can cause a variety of problems in the longer term. The authors identify a number of problems from clinical work with bushfire-affected families, including deterioration in the general fabric of family life, disruption of children's developmental pathways, reactivation of past traumatic experiences, and changes in self-concept and identity. The community context of assistance is emphasised.

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