Survey of psychiatric disorders in a Taiwanese village population six months after a major earthquake

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 308-317

  Chou, Frank Huang Chih ^a,b   Su, Tom Tung Ping ^a,c   Chou, Pesus ^a   Ou Yang, Wen Chen ^a,d   Lu, Ming Kun ^a,e   Chien, I Chia ^a,f  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Kai Suan Psychiatric Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d Chia Nan Psychiatric Center   (Taiwan)

^e CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^f Pali Psychiatric Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Depressive disorder; Interview, psychological; Natural disasters; Population survery; Stress disorders, post traumatic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER; DISEASE COURSE; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; DEPRESSION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 24944496916     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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