Coping with the Asian tsunami: Perspectives from Tamil Nadu, India on the determinants of resilience in the face of adversity

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 844-853

  Rajkumar, Anto P ^a   Premkumar, Titus S ^a   Tharyan, Prathap ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

India; Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Resilience; Survivors; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; HEALTH SERVICES; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TSUNAMI;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ASIA; DISASTERS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GRIEF; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PARENTS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; TIDAL WAVES;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; NAGAPATTINAM; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 48949115388     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.05.014     Document Type: Article

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