Study of 2018 New Brunswick flooding looks at ways of easing mental health toll

Julia Woodhall-Melnik, an assistant professor at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John, is studying how the flood and evacuations last year affected people's health.

"Some of them were completely fine with it, saying 2018 was a once in a lifetime flood. 'We'll likely never see this again, so I'm fine.' Others were saying, this could be the new normal." "The role of neighbours and friends, of politicians, of official systems, first responders, the province, the federal government in providing response -- we looked at how people experienced barriers to access different types of capital and how that had an effect on them," she said.

Woodhall-Melnik said many people needed to decide whether to make their homes more flood-proof or to move.

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