Family context of mental health risk in Tsunami affected mothers: Findings from a pilot study in Sri Lanka

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 994-1007

  Wickrama, K A S ^a   Wickrama, K A Thulitha ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Family; Mental health; Mothers; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Sri Lanka; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; MENTAL HEALTH; NATURAL DISASTER; TSUNAMI; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RISK FACTOR; SRI LANKA; TSUNAMI;

DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHERS; NATURAL DISASTERS; PILOT PROJECTS; RELIGION; RISK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 38849139774     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.11.012     Document Type: Article

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