Long-term psychological outcome of 1999 Taiwan earthquake survivors: a survey of a high-risk sample with property damage

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 269-275

  Chen, Chin Hung ^a   Tan, Happy Kuy Lok ^b   Liao, Long Ren ^c   Chen, Hsiu Hsi ^d   Chan, Chang Chuan ^d   Cheng, Joseph Jror Serk ^e   Chen, Chung Ying ^a   Wang, Tsu Nai ^f   Lu, Mong Liang ^g  

^a Tsaotun Psychiatric Center   (Taiwan)

^b Taoyuan Mental Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c Nantou County Government   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e Bali Mental Hospital   (Taiwan)

^f KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EARTHQUAKE; EDUCATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; SURVIVOR; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIZZINESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURAL DISASTERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TAIWAN; TREMOR;

EID: 34147171452     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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