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OBJECTIVE: Earthquakes may lead to a reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorders (RSSAD). On September 7, 19, and 23, 2017, Mexico was struck by many severe earthquakes. The aim of this study was to examine whether there was an increase in the number of consultations and RSSAD in a psychiatric emergency department in Mexico City after these earthquakes. METHODS: We studied retrospectively the diagnosis and triage assessment from a Mexican psychiatric emergency department database from September 1 to November 30, 2017, and analyzed RSSAD and the number of consultations after the earthquakes. RESULTS: A total of 1,811 psychiatric emergency consultations were registered from the period of study. A total of 141 consultations represented RSSAD. There was a significant increase of RSSAD after the September 23, 2017, earthquake. The triage assessment revealed that the urgency of the consultations was higher immediately after the earthquakes. CONCLUSION: Natural disasters, such as earthquakes, may trigger diverse RSSAD leading to increased emergency consultations, especially when those disasters are repetitive. Mental health professionals should be adequately trained and sensitized for possible acute disaster victims. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2019;13:686-690).
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Trastornos de Adaptación/etiología , Terremotos/estadística & datos numéricos , Estrés Psicológico/complicaciones , Trastornos de Adaptación/psicología , Adolescente , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Análisis de Varianza , Servicio de Urgencia en Hospital/organización & administración , Servicio de Urgencia en Hospital/estadística & datos numéricos , Femenino , Hospitales Psiquiátricos/organización & administración , Hospitales Psiquiátricos/estadística & datos numéricos , Humanos , Masculino , México , Persona de Mediana Edad , Estudios Retrospectivos , Estrés Psicológico/psicologíaRESUMEN
The objective of this work is to present a review about the concept of resilience, its biological aspects, the way we can try to measure it and some possible interventions. In Spanish, the term resiliencia is taken from the English word resilience or resiliency, term originally used in thermodynamics. In biological sciences, resilience is defined as <
El objetivo de este trabajo es hacer una revisión acerca del concepto de resiliencia, sus aspectos biológicos, las formas en las que se puede intentar medirla y algunas posibles intervenciones. El término resiliencia es una castellanización de la palabra inglesa resilience o resiliency, que originalmente se usaba en la termodinámica. En las ciencias biológicas se define como <