Building resilience in a community.

Often when talking about resiliency, Johannes said people think about the individual, but she believes it is important to look at the well-being of the whole community. "Mental health is fluid and changes over a lifespan, and the trauma from a disaster will be experienced differently by the families and individuals in a community", Johannes said. "This disaster didn't hit everyone the same way", she said, "and the ripple effects are different depending on how well prepared our community was at addressing large scale health issues.". [Extracted from the article]