Does time heal all wounds? Community attachment, natural resource employment, and health impacts in the wake of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster

► We examine the impacts of the 2010 BP-DH disaster on mental and physical health. ► Negative impacts on mental and physical health are more marked during the disaster. ► Community attachment is shown to mitigate negative mental health impacts over time. ► Fishing households are shown to face especially negative health impacts. ► Effects of community attachment and fishing employment on health change over time.