The extent and impact of mental health problems after disaster

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages 9-14

  Davidson, Jonathan R T ^a   McFarlane, Alexander C ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGITATION; ANGER; ANXIETY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONVERSION DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; SHOCK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NATURAL DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33144468882     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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