Coping After a Natural Disaster

<p>After the most destructive earthquake in a century struck Puerto Rico on Jan. 7, <a href="https://www.mountsinai.org/profiles/hansel-arroyo">Hansel Arroyo, MD</a>, and Lyse Aybar, LCSW, joined a team of mental health workers headed for the island. With the ground still trembling, they went door to door, listening to survivors' stories and providing mental health assistance. In this interview, recorded before the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Arroyo and Ms. Aybar share strategies they used to boost survivors' resilience and reflected on how communities respond to natural disasters.<br><br><b>Links</b>&nbsp;</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.mountsinai.org/care/behavioral-health">Behavioral Health at Mount Sinai</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://www.mountsinai.org/care/behavioral-health/treatment-programs/emergency">Emergency Behavioral Health Services</a></li><li><a href="http://www.assmca.pr.gov/Pages/default.aspx">The Puerto Rico Administration of Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Services</a></li></ul>