Protracted acute stress reaction following an earthquake

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-24

  Bergiannaki, J D ^a,b   Psarros, C ^a   Varsou, E ^a   Paparrigopoulos, Th ^a   Soldatos, Constantin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute stress reaction; Disaster; Earthquake; Posttraumatic stress; Protracted

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; VICTIM;

ACUTE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037229907     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2003.01467.x     Document Type: Article

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