Mental health and the psychosocial consequences of natural disasters in Asia

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 441-444

  Udomratn, Pichet ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISASTER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TSUNAMI;

ASIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FLOODS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; TIDAL WAVES;

EID: 56549106532     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260802397487     Document Type: Review

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