Psychiatric disorders among disaster bereaved: An interview study of individuals directly or not directly exposed to the 2004 tsunami

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1127-1133

  Kristensen, Pål ^a   Weisæth, Lars ^a   Heir, Trond ^a  

^a Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies   (Norway)

Author keywords

Complicated grief; Disasters; Major depressive disorder; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Prolonged grief disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TSUNAMI;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISASTERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TSUNAMIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73249152973     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20625     Document Type: Article

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