Responding to the mental health and psychosocial needs of the people of Sri Lanka in disasters

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 593-597

  Mahoney, John ^a,e   Chandra, Vijay ^b   Gambheera, Harrischandra ^c   Silva, Terrence De ^d   Suveendran, T ^b  

^a Mental Health and Psychosocial Programme   (Sri Lanka)

^b World Health Organisation ^*  (Sri Lanka)

^c Provide Country   (Sri Lanka)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sri Lanka)

^e World Health Organisation Country Office   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; DISASTER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SRI LANKA; TSUNAMI;

ALCOHOLISM; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NATURAL DISASTERS; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SRI LANKA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33845619509     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260601129206     Document Type: Review

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