"Wildfires Can Leave Lasting Psychological Scars" | The New York Times
Survivors of wildfires like those burning across Los Angeles can experience mental health issues long after a blaze is out.
Dr. David Eisenman, professor of community health sciences and director of the Center for Public Health and Disasters at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, spoke with The New York Times about the longterm mental health effects of the fires in Los Angeles County, California:
"'The loss of a home, the displacement you experience, the difficulty of rebuilding, living with the anxiety that this might happen to you again — all that combines to create, for many people, lasting psychological harm,' said Dr. David P. Eisenman, a primary care physician and director of the Center for Public Health and Disasters at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. Studies suggest that even those who do not lose homes can have anxiety, depression or psychological distress for years after a wildfire dies out."
