Gender differences in psychological effect of the August 1999 earthquake in Turkey

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 387-391

  Aksaray, Gökay ^a   Kortan, Gökhan ^b   Erkaya, Hakan ^c   Yenilmez, Çinar ^a   Kaptanoǧlu, Cem ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Sakarya ToyotaSA Emergency Aid Hospital   (Turkey)

^c ISPARTA STATE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Depression; Earthquake; Gender; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BECK HOPELESSNESS SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TURKEY;

EID: 33750076652     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480600937553     Document Type: Article

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