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FLOOD DISASTERS IN MALAYSIA: THE PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES AND INTERVENTION
Noremy Md Akhir, Azlinda Azman, Ph.D and Muhammad Fadhil Nurdin,Ph.D
Politeknik Piksi Ganesha
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Noremy Md Akhir, Azlinda Azman, Ph.D and Muhammad Fadhil Nurdin, Ph.D, Politeknik Piksi Ganesha
Flood disasters, psychosocial intervention, psychosocial problems, social work intervention
Flood disasters are stressful and troubling because it forces people to confront their vulnerabilities and crises situation. Flood disasters often lead to high levels of collectives stress as they are very limited resources during the crisis situation. Regardless of the level of injury or loss experienced, most of the time people in the affected area will face a certain amount of emotional distress and anxiety. Some may have lost spouses, children, parents or others family members or friends. The scenario of being homeless and jobless, with no proper psychological care, can at times lead victim into depression. Continuous traumatic situation in flood disaster situation may results in psychological disorders that could be manifest in different forms which subsequently affect the lives of the victim. As a consequence, people might feel a great sense of helplessness and experiencing psychological trauma in addition to the severe physical damages. In the first instance, the victims need medical treatment, emergency safety, shelter, food and drinking water as well as financial assistance. However people can develop psychological problem following such traumatic events that need other form of psychological intervention. This paper will analyse the concept ofpsychosocial interventions from a various social work perspectives in order to address the psychosocial issues among the victims of flood disasters in Malaysia.