Posttraumatic stress disorder six months after an earthquake

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 393-397

  Priebe, Stefan ^a   Grappasonni, Iolanda ^b   Mari, Massimo ^c   Dewey, Michael ^a   Petrelli, Fabio ^b   Costa, Ana ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c Department of Mental Health ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Community sample; Earthquake; Natural disaster; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EARTHQUAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349205561     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0441-y     Document Type: Article

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