World Turbulence: Coping with Disaster Conditions

Dear Colleagues,

Coping with disaster conditions is a formidable challenge for individuals, groups, communities, nations, and the international community.  Disasters come in many forms – war and the threat of war, pandemic (COVID-19), economic crisis and uncertain conditions affecting individuals, families and societies, behavioral addictions, and more.  Health and mental health issues of concern are deeply embedded in disaster conditions. 

For more than 25 years, the co-editors of this special issue have been promoting efforts of mutual concern and response to disaster conditions especially those affecting university student and faculty member health and well-being.  Their efforts have generated international partnerships that have come together in trust and respect, resilience, and resolve.

This special issue “World Turbulence: Coping with Disaster Conditions” will focus on papers that contribute useful information for policy, program development and prevention purposes associated with the health and well-being of university “help” profession students and faculty members.

We invite colleagues of various disciplines of social and health sciences, especially the “help” professions of medicine, nursing, social work, psychology, gerontology, education, emergency medical services, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and other related fields of human and social intervention to submit papers. Encouragement will be given to papers associated with issues about women as students, providers and/or recipients of service resulting from disaster conditions. 

We expect cross-sectional, longitudinal, national, and/or cross-national papers, brief reports, and conference/symposium presentations relevant to this subject. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the prevalence and predictors of mental health and well-being, quality of life, resilience, burnout, loneliness, depression, substance misuse, gaming disorder, eating problems, and other behaviors affecting university students, faculty members, as well high-risk populations including older adults and people with special needs.

Prof. Dr. Richard Isralowitz
Dr. Alexander Reznik
Guest Editors

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