Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Adolescent Earthquake Victims in Taiwan

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 875-881

  Hsu, Chia Chuang ^a   Chong, Mian Yoon ^a   Yang, Pinchen ^a   Yen, Cheng Fang ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Disaster; Earthquake; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARANOIA; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM; TAIWAN; FOLLOW UP; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NATURAL DISASTERS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TAIWAN;

EID: 0036632172     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-200207000-00022     Document Type: Article

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