Disasters and mental health: New challenges for the psychiatric profession

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 171-182

  López Ibor, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catastrophe; Disaster; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Stress

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANXIETY DISORDER; AROUSAL; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPENSATION; DISASTER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBSESSION; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESCUE PERSONNEL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VICTIM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PSYCHIATRY; RELIEF WORK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVAL; TRIAGE;

EID: 33746517915     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: 18141412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15622970500428735     Document Type: Review

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