Tsunami: Understanding mental health consequences and the unprecedented response

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 289-297

  Ghodse, Hamid ^a   Galea, Susanna ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SUSSEX PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; EARTHQUAKE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TSUNAMI; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NATURAL DISASTERS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33745087512     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260600709149     Document Type: Review

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