Prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder in students 23 months after tsunami

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 144-148

  Ketumarn, Panom ^a   Sitdhiraksa, Nantawat ^a   Pithayaratsathien, Natthorn ^c   Piyasilpa, Vinadda ^b   Plubrukan, Rattanothai ^b   Dumrongphol, Hattaya ^d   Rungsri, Sarinee ^e   Satthapisit, Sirina ^f   Pornnoppadol, Chanvit ^a   Phattharayuttawat, Sucheera ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b QUEEN SIRIKIT NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (Thailand)

^c KING CHULALONGKORN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e KHON KAEN HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^f Phranakhonsriayutthaya Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Prevalence; PTSD; Student; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TSUNAMI;

EID: 70849129740     PISSN: 18762018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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