Preliminary report of psychiatric disorders in survivors of a severe earthquake

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 556-558

  Sharan, Pratap ^a,b   Chaudhary, Geeta ^a   Kavathekar, Surabhi A ^a   Saxena, Shekhar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DESTRUCTION; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0029882428     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.4.556     Document Type: Article

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