Some clinical characteristics of children who survived the Marmara earthquakes

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-133

  Demir, Turkay ^a,c   Demir, Demet Eralp ^a   Alkas, Leyla ^a   Copur, Mazlum ^a   Dogangun, Burak ^b   Kayaalp, Levent ^b  

^a Bakirkoy State Hospital for Mental Health and Neurological Disorders   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Bakirkoy Neurology Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adjustment disorder; Children and adolescents; Earthquake; Natural disasters; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EARTHQUAKE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NATURAL DISASTER; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISASTER; FAMILY; LIFE EVENT; MEDICAL RECORD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVOR;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC, ACUTE; SURVIVORS; TURKEY;

EID: 77950348211     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-009-0048-1     Document Type: Article

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