Natural disasters in developing countries: Mental health issues

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 327-329

  Kar, Nilamadhab ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Psychiatry   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; NATURAL DISASTER; OCCUPATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TSUNAMI; VICTIM;

AGE FACTORS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTERS; HUMANS; INDIA; MENTAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 70349971604     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: 19983654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.55882     Document Type: Editorial

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