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A video of the keynote presentation by Alexander C. McFarlane during the third plenary of the 2016 People in Disasters Conference. McFarlane is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Adelaide and the Heady of the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies. The presentation is titled, "Holding onto the Lessons Disasters Teach".The abstract for this presentation reads as follows: Disasters are sentinel points in the life of the communities affected. They bring an unusual focus to community mental health. In so doing, they provide unique opportunities for better understanding and caring for communities. However, one of the difficulties in the disaster field is that many of the lessons from previous disasters are frequently lost. If anything, Norris (in 2006) identified that the quality of disaster research had declined over the previous 25 years. What is critical is that a longitudinal perspective is taken of representative cohorts. Equally, the impact of a disaster should always be judged against the background mental health of the communities affected, including emergency service personnel. Understandably, many of those who are particularly distressed in the aftermath of a disaster are people who have previously experienced a psychiatric disorder. It is important that disaster services are framed against knowledge of this background morbidity and have a broad range of expertise to deal with the emerging symptoms. Equally, it is critical that a long-term perspective is considered rather than short-term support that attempts to ameliorate distress. Future improvement of disaster management depends upon sustaining a body of expertise dealing with the consequences of other forms of traumatic stress such as accidents. This expertise can be redirected to co-ordinate and manage the impact of larger scale events when disasters strike communities. This presentation will highlight the relevance of these issues to the disaster planning in a country such as New Zealand that is prone to earthquakes.

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A photograph of an 'All Rightie' hugging a teacher at the Winter Survival Kit launch at Shirley Intermediate School. The teacher and the others in the photograph are just received their own Winter Survival Kit and a bouquet of Moffatt's flowers. All Right? posted the photograph on their Facebook Timeline on 25 July 2014 at 4:02pm with the caption, "Give them flowers to say thanks for the incredible job they've been doing".

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A photograph of children cutting The Worry Bug Project cake. Behind is Ciaran Fox and Sue Turner from All Right? (left), Deputy Mayor Vicki Buck (middle), and Julie Burgess-Manning and Sarina McCormick from Kotuku Creative (right). All Right? were supporters of The Worry Bug Project. Buck was the MC of the event. Kotuku Creative were the designers and publishers of The Worry Bug Project. The photograph was taken at The Worry Bug book launch at St Albans School on 8 July 2015.

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A video of a keynote presentation by Professor Jonathan Davidson during the fifth plenary of the 2016 People in Disasters Conference. The presentation is titled, "Resilience in People".The abstract for this presentation reads as follows: Resilience is the ability to bounce back or adapt successfully in the face of change, and is present to varying degrees in everybody. For at least 50 years resilience has been a topic of study in medical research, with a marked increase occurring in the past decade. In this presentation the essential features of resilience will be defined. Among the determining or mediating factors are neurobiological pathways, genetic characteristics, temperament, and environment events, all of which will be summarized. Adversity, assets, and adjustment need to be taken into account when assessing resilience. Different approaches to measuring the construct include self-rating scales which evaluate: traits and copying, responses to stress, symptom ratings after exposure to actual adversity, behavioural measures in response to a stress, e.g. Trier Test, and biological measures in response to stress. Examples will be provided. Resilience can be a determinant of health outcome, e.g. for coronary heart disease, acute coronary syndrome, diabetes, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive status and successful aging. Total score and individual item levels of resilience predict response to dug and psychotherapy in post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. Studies have repeatedly demonstrated that resilience is modifiable. Different treatments and interventions can increase resilience in a matter of weeks, and with an effect size larger than the effect size found for the same treatments on symptoms of illness. There are many ways to enhance resilience, ranging from 'Outward Bound' to mindfulness-based meditation/stress reduction to wellbeing therapy and antidepressant drugs. Treatments that reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety recruit resiliency processes at the same time. Examples will be given.

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An image used as a profile picture on the All Right? Facebook page. The image reads, "Win a $50 Under the Red Veranda voucher!" The promotion was part of Outrageous Burst of All Right: Celebrities and Coffee, in which TV3 stars Hilary Barry, Mike McRoberts and Jeremy Corbett surprised customers at Under the Red Veranda cafe and spoke to them about their experiences post-quake. The event was filmed and uploaded to the All Right? Facebook page, which social media users were encouraged to share around by entering the prize draw for one of these vouchers. All Right? posted the image on their Facebook page on 1 May 2014 at 7:56am.

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A photograph of boxes of flowers ready to be given out during All Right?'s 'Flower Bombing' project on 4 September 2013. Moffatts Flower Company donated thousands of flowers for the All Right? 'Flower Bombing' project. With the assistance of BNZ 'Closed for Good' staff, flowers were given out at the EQC call centre, Lyttelton Main, Lyttelton West and Phillipstown Schools, Eastgate Mall, and SCIRT rebuild sites. All Right? posted the photograph on their Facebook page on 21 February 2014 at 3:05pm.

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A photograph of a single rose with a tag around the stem which reads, "When did you last show a little love?" Moffatts Flower Company donated thousands of flowers for the All Right? 'Flower Bombing' project. With the assistance of BNZ 'Closed for Good' staff, flowers were given out at the EQC call centre, Lyttelton Main, Lyttelton West and Phillipstown Schools, Eastgate Mall, and SCIRT rebuild sites. All Right? posted the photograph on their Facebook page on 3 September 2013 at 3:26pm.

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A video of Si and Gary (Simon Barnett and Gary McCormick) from MORE FM promoting the Five Ways to Wellbeing. In this video they talk about the importance of continuing to learn, and suggest ways to keep learning. The closing frames read, "Tried something a little different lately? Having a go at something new builds confidence and a healthy mind. For more tips on what makes us feel good, visit allright.org.nz."

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A photograph of Red Cross NZ volunteers in Cathedral Square holding All Right? corflute signs. The Christchurch Cathedral is in the background. The All Right? corflute signs are from phase 2 of the All Right? campaign, which sought to promote the 'Five Ways To Wellbeing' by asking simple, open-ended questions related to wellbeing. All Right? posted the photograph on their Facebook page on 4 November 2013 at 9.59am. This was captioned, "Our awesome Red Cross volunteers at the Square".

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A video of Si and Gary (Simon Barnett and Gary McCormick) from MORE FM promoting the Five Ways to Wellbeing. In this video they talk about the importance of giving, and suggest ways to give. The closing frames read, "When did you last share a little love? The simple things we do often mean the most. For more tips on what makes us feel good, visit allright.org.nz."

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An image featuring quotes from Henry Jaiswal (General Manager for Canterbury Migrants Centre Trust), Suzanne Lemon (Manager the Westpac Upper Riccarton) and Mark Jenkins (Manager for Westpac The Palms). The image reads, "Five years on I feel... Awesome! Henry Jaiswal, Christchurch Migrant Centre Trust. Tired, but hopeful. Suzanne Lemon, Upper Riccarton. Optimistic. Mark Jenkins, Westpac (The Palms)." All Right? uploaded the image as a Facebook cover photo on 1 March 2016 at 3:02pm.

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A photograph of people holding balloons before they are released. Worries and wishes are written on the balloons. Included in the photograph are Tracey Chambers from The Canterbury Community Trust (left) and Sarina Dickson from Kotuku Creative (right). The photograph was taken at The Worry Bug book launch at St Albans School on 8 July 2015.

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An image from All Right? that reads, "Holy Hospitals Batman! What are you and the gang doing in Canterbury?!" The image was created to promote the video for the 'Outrageous Burst of All Right: Superhero Surprise', in which people dressed in superhero costumes surprised and entertained children at Christchurch Hospital. All Right? also posted the image to their Facebook Timeline on 29 June 2014. The post included a link to The Press article which featured the video, along with the hashtag #sharethepostandsharethelove.