2004 Tsunami: Long-term psychological consequences for Swiss tourists in the area at the time of the disaster

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 420-425

  Kraemer, Bernd ^a   Wittmann, Lutz ^a   Jenewein, Josef ^a   Schnyder, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Post traumatic stress disorder; Psychological outcome; Trauma; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORBIDITY; NATURAL DISASTER; POST TRAUMATIC DIAGNOSTIC SCALE; POST TRAUMATIC GROWTH INVENTORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SWITZERLAND; TOURISM; TSUNAMI; ANXIETY; DISASTER; ETHNOLOGY; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVOR;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; SWITZERLAND; TIDAL WAVES;

EID: 67651176242     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670902817653     Document Type: Article

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