Psychological impact of the earthquake 2023 in Turkey
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Abstract Background The Turkish and Syrian earthquake on February 6th 2023 was the deadliest earthquakes in the last decade. It affected approximately 26 million people and left at least 50.000 dead. In this paper, we analyzed the psychological impact and the relationship between mental health factors, earthquake related experiences and stressors and resources related to the earthquake, four months after the event Methods We conducted an analytical cross-sectional study, applying a survey to 320 adults (1–93 years old) in Adiyaman, Turkey. PTSD-Symptoms, general psychiatric morbidity, suicidality and drug abuse, as well as post traumatic growth were assessed via the PC-PTSD, GHQ-12 together with questions focusing on the earthquake experience, related stressors and support received. Results We found a high prevalence of general mental health symptoms including those of PTSD. Fear of aftershocks and the loss of close family members were found to be risk factors for such symptoms. We didn’t find significant differences in the GHQ or the PTSD symptom scores when considering ethnicity, religion or income. Conclusions High levels of psychiatric stress and PTSD symptoms were found four months after the earthquake, as could be expected, and need to be addressed in all groups independent from religious, social or ethnic background. Results indicate a large psychiatric and material burden on the entire sample and indicated some priority needs.
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Human-related factors in the aftermath of the February 6 earthquakes may have undermined survivors' belief in justice, triggering feelings of embitterment and anger and thereby eliciting PTED symptoms.
“The presence of human-related factors in the aftermath of the disaster may have undermined survivors’ belief in justice, triggering feelings of embitterment and anger and thereby eliciting PTED symptoms.”
From Evaluation of Earthquake Survivors of the February 6 Turkey Earthquakes: The Mediating Role of Hopelessness in the Relationship Between Psychological Resilience and Posttraumatic Embitterment Symptoms (2026) · cites this paper as [15]
The Introduction says human-made faults, including unjust treatment and unequally distributed aid, can worsen survivors’ situation. It does not say these factors undermine belief in justice, trigger embitterment or anger, or elicit PTED symptoms; the paper discusses PTSD instead. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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- Kılıç C. Genel Sağlık Anketi: geçerlilik ve güvenilirlik çalışması. Turk Psikiyatri Derg. 1996;7:83-9.
- Authors
- Kizilhan, J. I., Neumann, J., Aslan, S., Aladag, E., Dogan, A., Mese, A., Bekisoglu, A., & Wenzel, T.
- Affiliations
- University of Stuttgart (DE)
- University Hospital Cologne (DE)
- Medical University of Vienna (AT)
- Venue
- Discover Public Health
- Published
- 2024-09-02
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 3005-0774 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4402138027
- Cited by
- 15
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 2
- FWCI
- 7.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Discover Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Research Square (acceptedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Keywords
- 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquakes, psychological impact, post-traumatic stress disorder, general mental health, psychiatric morbidity, suicidality, drug abuse, family loss, social support, disaster mental health, Adiyaman
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