Psychological distress among evacuees of a volcanic eruption in Japan: A follow-up study

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 105-111

  Ohta, Yasuyuki ^a   Araki, Kenichi ^b   Kawasaki, Naomi ^c   Nakane, Yoshibumi ^c   Honda, Sumihisa ^c   Mine, Mariko ^c  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shinjyuen Ryoyosho   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evacuee; General Health Questionnaire 30 (GHQ 30); Natural disaster; Psychological distress; Psychological trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JAPAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL DISABILITY; VOLCANO;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESCUE WORK; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 0037324430     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2003.01086.x     Document Type: Article

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