Association of pyschological distress with psychological factors in rescue workers within two months after a major earthquake

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 169-176

  Liao, Shih Cheng ^a   Lee, Ming Been ^a   Lee, Yue Joe ^a   Weng, Tei ^a   Shih, Fu Yung ^a   Ma, Matthew H M ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Psychological distress; Psychosocial factors; Rescue workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EARTHQUAKE; FAMILY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSESSION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARANOIA; PERSONALITY; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN; TIME;

ADULT; HUMANS; NATURAL DISASTERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036014481     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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