ABSTRACT
Natural disasters, such as floods, can have devastating effects on the minds of affected populations. In Pakistan, frequent and devastating floods (2022) have resulted in significant challenges in managing the mental health problems of flood victims. This current study aims at screening and management of PTSD symptoms among flood victims in different villages of Rajanpur District. This study completed into two phases. In the first phase, quantitative research was carried out to comprehensively assess the PTSD symptoms of flood victims in different villages of Rajanpur district by using PSS-SR5 scale. The second phase of this study was aimed to heal the symptoms of PTSD by using exposure therapy. In this step, two groups were formed i.e., experimental group and control group. In this phase experimental research was carried to check the effectiveness of intervention. The results from the collected responses before and after therapy were analysed by using SPSS. The outcome results reported a healing effects of exposure therapy among flood victimized individuals by reducing the symptoms of PTSD. The results indicated equal level of PTSD among both genders. This also reported that the level of PTSD was significantly higher among the individuals living in separate family set up, unmarried individuals and having wealthy status. Furthermore, the results revealed a significant observed difference in the level of PTSD in experimental group as compared with control group.
