Assessing Mental Health and Psychosocial Status in Communities Exposed to Traumatic Events: Sri Lanka as an Example

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 229-239

  Fernando, Gaithri A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; psychosocial; Sri Lanka; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SRI LANKA; SRI LANKAN INDEX OF PSYCHOSOCIAL STATUS; TSUNAMI;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; DISASTERS; FEMALE; FLOODS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SRI LANKA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 57549088157     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013940     Document Type: Article

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