Natural disaster and mental health in Asia

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 110-116

  Kokai, Masahiro ^a,c   Fujii, Senta ^b   Shinfuku, Naotaka ^b   Edwards, Glen ^b  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asia; Earthquake; Mental health; Natural disaster; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ASIA; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IRRITABILITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMATIZATION; VOLCANO;

ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; NATURAL DISASTERS; PSYCHIATRY; PUBLIC OPINION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 1842685688     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2003.01203.x     Document Type: Review

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