The Prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Children and Adolescents Affected by Tsunami Disaster in Tamil Nadu

Disaster Management and Response

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-7

  Baddam John, Prashantham ^a   Russell, Sushila ^a   Russell, Paul Swamidhas Sudhakar ^a  

^a Institute for Human Relations   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DISASTER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NATURAL DISASTERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33846912278     PISSN: 15402487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dmr.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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