Lessons in posttraumatic stress disorder from the past: Venezuela floods and Nairobi bombing

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages 56-63

  Otero, Juan Carlos ^a,c   Njenga, Frank G ^b  

^a Salud y Familia   (Italy)

^b Upper Hill Medical Centre   (Kenya)

^c I Baluardi   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; AWARENESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; COUNSELING; DISASTER; FLOODING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TSUNAMI; VENEZUELA;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EXPLOSIONS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; KENYA; MASS MEDIA; NATURAL DISASTERS; RELIEF WORK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TERRORISM; VENEZUELA;

EID: 33144480062     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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