Posttraumatic morbidity of a disaster: A study of cases presenting for psychiatric treatment

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 4-14

  McFarlane, Alexander C ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; DISASTER; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THERAPY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTER PLANNING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGE; PERSONALITY; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0022612845     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-198601000-00002     Document Type: Article

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