Full and partial PTSD among earthquake survivors in rural Taiwan

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 313-322

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

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Morbidity related factors; Partial PTSD; Prevalence; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISASTER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MORBIDITY; PATIENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN;

EID: 1542375430     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2003.08.005     Document Type: Article

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