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Wildfire Recovery in Paradise Holds Lessons for Lahaina
A California town rebuilt after wildfire destruction has become an attractive home for new and old residents. But challenges with reconstruction, and trauma, remain.
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New England University probes climate change, fire effect on Indigenous people's connection to country
Orange flames, thick smoke, and the sound of choppers turned this Ngoorumba elder's home of 58 years into a "war scene". But he found returning to the scorched land was worse.
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Climate change’s hidden threat: grief and trauma
As natural disasters grow worse and more frequent, fear about what the future holds is increasingly entering the therapy room.
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Trauma from extreme climate events has long-term effects on survivors’ brains, study finds
Psychological trauma endured by survivors of extreme weather events like wildfires may have long-term impacts on their brains, according to a new study that reveals more on how the climate crisis affects cognitive functioning.
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Forest therapy helps survivors of climate-fueled Paradise wildfire
A California forest therapy program is testing whether landscapes ravaged by rising temperatures can help ease the anguish that climate change will bring.
Children of climate change come of age in 'Katrina Babies'
"Katrina Babies" shows how New Orleans and its people were changed by the storm. It depicts the childhood trauma it caused for a generation coming of age after one of the United States’ first major climate-related disasters.
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Mental health of people in flood-ridden northern NSW a focus as new support opens in Lismore
Residents in the NSW Northern Rivers region are being urged to take care of themselves and each other as the number of people seeking support of anxiety, trauma, and distress escalates.
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