About the Authors

Holly Carter

holly.carter@hpa.org.uk

Affiliation Emergency Response Department, Public Health England, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom

John Drury

Affiliation School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom

Richard Amlôt

Affiliation Emergency Response Department, Public Health England, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom

G. James Rubin

Affiliation King's College London, Department of Psychological Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Richard Williams

Affiliations Welsh Institute for Health and Social Care, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, United Kingdom, Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Extreme Events and Health Protection Section, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HC JD RA. Performed the experiments: HC JD RA. Analyzed the data: HC. Wrote the paper: HC JD RA GJR RW. Reviewed materials (questionnaires, scenario, communication messages) used in the experiment: HC JD RA GJR RW.