Family context of mental health risk in Tsunami-exposed adolescents: Findings from a pilot study in Sri Lanka

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 713-723

  Wickrama, K A S ^a   Kaspar, Violet ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent mental health; Family relations; PTSD; Resilence; Social support; Sri Lanka; Tsunami disaster

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; MENTAL HEALTH; NATURAL DISASTER; TSUNAMI; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SRI LANKA; TSUNAMI;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NATURAL DISASTERS; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SRI LANKA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 33845711966     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.09.031     Document Type: Article

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