Posttraumatic distress and coping strategies among rescue workers after an earthquake

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 391-398

  Chang, Chia Ming ^a   Lee, Li Ching ^b   Connor, Kathryn M ^c   Davidson, Jonathan R T ^c   Jeffries, Keith ^a   Lai, Te Jen ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b IL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHINESE HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EARTHQUAKE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXPERIENCE; FIRE FIGHTER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN; WAYS OF COPING QUESTIONNAIRE; YARROWIA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESCUE WORK; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038542108     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-200306000-00007     Document Type: Article

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