Frequency of post-traumatic stress disorder among relief force workers after the tsunami in Asia: Do rescuers become victims?

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 168-172

  Armagan, Erol ^a   Engindeniz, Zulfi ^a,d   Devay, Ali Onder ^b   Erdur, Bulent ^c   Ozcakir, Alis ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^d GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

disaster; disorder; post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); relief team; stress; tsunami

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; DISASTER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; ASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; NATURAL DISASTERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIEF WORK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TURKEY;

EID: 33748107215     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00003630     Document Type: Article

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