Predictors of psychological distress in survivors of the 1999 earthquakes in Turkey: Effects of relocation after the disaster

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 194-202

  Kilic C ^a,c   Aydin, I ^b   Taskintuna N ^b   Ozcurumez G ^b   Kurt, G ^b   Eren, E ^b   Lale, T ^b   Ozel S ^b   Zileli, L ^b  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Depression; Disaster; Earthquake; PTSD; Relocation; Traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARTHQUAKE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; TURKEY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33746862890     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2006.00786.x     Document Type: Article

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