Long-term follow-up of psychological distress following earthquake experiences among working Italian males: A cross-sectional analysis

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 420-423

  Bland, Susan H ^a   Valoroso, Luigi ^a,b   Stranges, Saverio ^a,b   Strazzullo, Pasquale ^b   Farinaro, Eduardo ^b   Trevisan, Maurizio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c School of Public Health and Health Professions University   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Natural disasters; Psychological distress; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EARTHQUAKE; FOLLOW UP; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMATIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; OCCUPATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 20444414845     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000165297.49452.41     Document Type: Article

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