Understanding community psychosocial needs after disasters: Implications for mental health services

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-125

  Silove, D ^a   Steel, Z ^a   Psychol, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disaster; Mental health; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISASTER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JUSTICE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; MODEL; MOOD DISORDER; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SAFETY; SURVIVAL; THREAT;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 33646574250     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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