Peter Ventevogel.
From disaster to opportunity: the mental health care response to the October 2005 Earthquake.
J Pak Psych Soc Jan ;2(2):59-61.

No one is ever really prepared for disaster. When nature strikes so mercilessly as it did during the earthquake in Pakistan and Indian administered Kashmir in October 2005, its devastating powers leave everyone in awe. After initial paralysis aid workers start to come in. But what to do and what not to do? Whom to help, whom to leave? In recent years more consensus is emerging about the organization of the mental health care response in disasters. In this article I will summarize some of these insights. This is an Editorial.

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