Psychiatric morbidity and posttraumatic symptoms among earthquake victims in primary care clinics

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 253-261

  Yang, Yen Kuang ^a   Yeh, Tzung Lieh ^a   Chen, Chwen Cheng ^a,e   Lee, Chih Kuei ^b   Lee, I Hui ^a   Lee, Li Ching ^c   Jeffries, Keith J ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Puli Christian Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c IL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e Pharmacia Taiwan Inc   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Medical setting; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychiatric morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORBIDITY; NERVOUSNESS; OBSESSION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN; VICTIM;

EID: 0038690054     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(03)00022-7     Document Type: Article

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