Experience report: Mental health interventions during the 2024 floods in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
The findings emphasised the critical need to integrate mental health into disaster planning, prioritise training in psychosocial care, and adopt community-focused approaches to enhance collective resilience. This report contributes to disaster response discussions by providing insights into the lived experiences of mental health responders. It offers recommendations to strengthen preparedness and response frameworks, ensuring equitable and sustainable recovery for affected populations.
Authors
- Joana Corrêa de Magalhães Narvaez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5972-4722)
- Daniel Tornaim Spritzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7408-6252)
- Luciana Boose Pinheiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7447-4069)
- L. S. de A. Camargo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2879-5386)
- Mayte Raya Amazarray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4519-8570)
- Luiza Maria de Oliveira Braga Silveira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9531-8251)
- Georgius Cardoso Esswein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6757-1954)
- João Maurício Castaldelli-Maia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9621-2291)
- Alice Zelmanowicz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9121-6365)
- Caroline Tozzi Reppold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0236-2553)
- Tonantzin Ribeiro Gonçalves (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0249-3358)
- Mariana Calesso Moreira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0199-8899)
- A. Ramos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6953-5900)
- Helena Ferreira Moura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7222-6055)
- Sheila Gonçalves Câmara
- Daniela Centenaro Levandowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6338-7287)
- E Veiga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2252-7263)
- Juliana Gomes Roloff
- Rafaela Luiza Telöken (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7113-2778)
- Fernanda dos Santos de Luvizon
- Arthur Bezerra Falcão
Institutions
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (BR)
- Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (BR)
- Universidade de Brasília (BR)
- Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Social Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-05-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640251336738
- Primary Topic
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00