Post-disaster mental health need assessment surveys - The challenge of improved future research

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  Kessler, Ronald C ^a   Wittchen, Hans Ulrich ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Large scale disasters; Mental health needs assessment; Post traumatic stress disorder; Service planners

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PLANNING; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; NATURAL DISASTER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; DISASTER; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

DISASTERS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT;

EID: 64349114851     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.245     Document Type: Editorial

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