Impact of childhood exposure to a natural disaster on adult mental health: 20-Year longitudinal follow-up study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-148

  McFarlane, Alexander C ^a   Van Hooff, Miranda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Centre for Military and Veterans' Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EATING DISORDER; EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; NATURAL DISASTER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISASTERS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FIRES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68549087064     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.054270     Document Type: Article

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