Three Major Psychology of Disaster Concepts
The first psychology of disaster that had an effect both directly and indirectly on society after the sinking of the Lusitania and the attacks on 9/11 was Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). People sometimes show symptoms of PTSD after experiencing or witnessing a near life and death terrifying event (Staff, 2014). PTSD is best associated with soldiers who had some sort of trauma while in combat, when in fact, anyone can develop emotional problems if exposed to a very stressful incident.
In the two disasters, government agencies reported PTSD to have been present in the aftermath. Although the term PTSD was not known back in 1915, there was other term with the same meaning known as, “shell shock,” …show more content…
This phase applies to everyone connected to the disaster survivors, volunteers, rescuers, families, and most importantly the victims. In the case of the Lusitania disaster, the ship was at the bottom of the sea, but the massive grave site would take time for some to get over because the graves were a constant reminder. As for the 9/11 attacks, rebuilding shows people in the United States and other countries business as normal going on. In both disaster cases, memorials were built in remembrance of the fallen, more for everyone else so we never …show more content…
When terrorists attack, they want to kill, hurt, and disrupt as many people’s lives as possible by the most public means and the public’s reaction is the main focus. After the two disasters when the dust settled and the nation was in the final part of phases of disaster, the public starts to sense something could have been done to stop the attack and feel the government could have stopped it. There are numerous procedures, in which the people involved or government ought to have used counter-terrorism against whatever caused the destruction. If the Lusitania would have heeded the warning given to them prior to setting off and taken a safer route or postponed the voyage, then things could be different. Germany did not just decide to pick any vessel, they had intel that said the Lusitania was carrying weapons for the war. As for the 9/11 attacks terror management theory emphasizes the importance of counter-terrorism measures to prevent attacks through prior detection through the use of three letter agencies. It was supposed to provide law enforcement the ability to recognize the presence of terrorists prior to the Lusitania and 9/11 tragedy. If this would have been working correctly, the attacks would not have occurred and thousands of lives would still
The first psychology of disaster that had an effect both directly and indirectly on society after the sinking of the Lusitania and the attacks on 9/11 was Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). People sometimes show symptoms of PTSD after experiencing or witnessing a near life and death terrifying event (Staff, 2014). PTSD is best associated with soldiers who had some sort of trauma while in combat, when in fact, anyone can develop emotional problems if exposed to a very stressful incident.
In the two disasters, government agencies reported PTSD to have been present in the aftermath. Although the term PTSD was not known back in 1915, there was other term with the same meaning known as, “shell shock,” …show more content…
This phase applies to everyone connected to the disaster survivors, volunteers, rescuers, families, and most importantly the victims. In the case of the Lusitania disaster, the ship was at the bottom of the sea, but the massive grave site would take time for some to get over because the graves were a constant reminder. As for the 9/11 attacks, rebuilding shows people in the United States and other countries business as normal going on. In both disaster cases, memorials were built in remembrance of the fallen, more for everyone else so we never …show more content…
When terrorists attack, they want to kill, hurt, and disrupt as many people’s lives as possible by the most public means and the public’s reaction is the main focus. After the two disasters when the dust settled and the nation was in the final part of phases of disaster, the public starts to sense something could have been done to stop the attack and feel the government could have stopped it. There are numerous procedures, in which the people involved or government ought to have used counter-terrorism against whatever caused the destruction. If the Lusitania would have heeded the warning given to them prior to setting off and taken a safer route or postponed the voyage, then things could be different. Germany did not just decide to pick any vessel, they had intel that said the Lusitania was carrying weapons for the war. As for the 9/11 attacks terror management theory emphasizes the importance of counter-terrorism measures to prevent attacks through prior detection through the use of three letter agencies. It was supposed to provide law enforcement the ability to recognize the presence of terrorists prior to the Lusitania and 9/11 tragedy. If this would have been working correctly, the attacks would not have occurred and thousands of lives would still