Potential impacts on mental health

The toolkit does not cover all mental health impacts, which include mental health problems and social well-being, positive mental health and psychological health. It is mainly mental health problems that have been documented along with certain aspects of well-being and positive mental health. Furthermore, tools related to other indicators of interest in post-disaster surveillance are presented, in particular medication use and alcohol and drug use concerning the following effects:

• anxiety symptoms;
• depressive symptoms;
• post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms;
• psychological distress;
• immediate impact of the trauma (peritraumatic reactions);
• well-being;
• functioning and disability;
• quality of life;
• social support;
• alcohol use;
• drug use;
• medication use;
• use of mental health services.