Psychiatric disorders in tsunami-affected children in Ranong province, Thailand

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 290-295

  Piyavhatkul, Nawanant ^a   Pairojkul, Srivieng ^a   Suphakunpinyo, Chanyut ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Children; Disaster; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychiatric disorders; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SEPARATION ANXIETY; THAILAND; TSUNAMI;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; NATURAL DISASTERS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THAILAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 44849090684     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000129608     Document Type: Article

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