Long-term psychological outcome for non-treatment-seeking earthquake survivors in Turkey

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 154-160

  Şalcioǧlu, Ebru ^a,b   Başoǧlu, Metin ^a   Livanou, Maria ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Istanbul Center for Behavior Research and Therapy   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARTHQUAKE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0037338879     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NMD.0000054931.12291.50     Document Type: Article

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