Prevalence of psychiatric disorders among bereaved survivors of a disastrous earthquake in Taiwan

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 249-251

  Kuo, Chian Jue ^a   Tang, Hwa Sheng ^a   Tsay, Chamg Jer ^a   Lin, Shi Kwang ^a   Hu, Wei Herng ^a   Chen, Chiao Chicy ^a  

^a TAIPEI CITY PSYCHIATRIC CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; DISASTER; DYSTHYMIA; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; GENDER; GUILT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TAIWAN; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0038321025     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.54.2.249     Document Type: Article

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