Mental health in the aftermath of disasters: Consensus and controversy

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 191, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 611-615

  Weiss, Mitchell G ^a   Saraceno, Benedetto ^b   Saxena, Shekhar ^b   Van Ommeren, Mark ^b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DISASTER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RESEARCH; WAR;

CONSENSUS; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0141540556     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000087188.96516.a3     Document Type: Article

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