Subthreshold post traumatic stress disorder in the survivors of Marmara earthquake

Primary Care Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 137-143

  Çorapçioǧlu, Aytül ^a,d   Tural, Ümit ^a   Yargiç, Ilhan ^b   Kocabaşoǧlu, Neşe ^c  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Earthquake, Post traumatic stress disorder; Functional impairment; Prevalence; Risk factors; Subthreshold; Symptom profile

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DESTRUCTION; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; GENDER; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 16844377619     PISSN: 13552570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/135525704X20385     Document Type: Article

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