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May 16, 2026Economics of Disasters and Climate ChangeOpen Access

How Much Do We Know About the Mental Health Economic Costs of Disasters?

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INIlan NoyTUTomáš Uher

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Overview

Review evaluates economic consequences of mental health impacts in disasters, suggesting improved investment strategies for mitigation.

Key Points

  • This review aims to assess the economic costs associated with mental health impacts from disasters and their implications for disaster risk management.
  • Literature review on economic quantifications related to mental health post-disasters.
  • Evaluation of cost-effectiveness studies using quality-adjusted life years (QALY) metrics.
  • Analysis of various methods for quantifying mental health economic costs.
  • High mental health costs associated with disasters are evident from reviewed literature.
  • Exclusion of these costs from standard assessments leads to underestimation of total social costs.
  • Quantifying mental health impacts can inform better investment in disaster prevention and mitigation strategies.

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Noy et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0809bea487c87a6a40b83ahttps://doi.org/10.1007/s41885-026-00199-7
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