Mental health and psychosocial aspects of disaster preparedness in Bangladesh

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 529-535

  Choudhury, Waziul Alam ^a   Quraishi, Firoz Ahmed ^b   Haque, Ziaul ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Bangladesh)

^b Mitford Hospital   (Bangladesh)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; DROUGHT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FLOODING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BANGLADESH; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NATURAL DISASTERS; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845623348     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260601037896     Document Type: Article

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