The nature of psychiatric problems among disaster victims

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Araki, Ken Ichi ^a   Nakane, Yoshibumi ^a   Ohta, Yasuyuki ^b   Kawasaki, Naomi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nagasaki Junshin Catholic University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mental support; Natural disaster; Outcome; Psychiatric disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; VOLCANO;

EID: 0032446303     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1998.tb03256.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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