Relocation after a disaster: Posttraumatic stress disorder in armenia after the earthquake

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 374-383

  Najarian, Louis M ^a   Goenjian, Armen K ^c   Pelcovitz, David ^a   Mandel, Francine ^a   Najarian, Berj ^b  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

^b NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; behavioral disorders; children; depression; disaster; posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIGRATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; USSR;

EID: 0030048807     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199603000-00020     Document Type: Article

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