Childhood life events and psychological symptoms in adult survivors of the 2004 tsunami

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 245-252

  Wahlström, Lars ^a   Michélsen, Hans ^a   Schulman, Abbe ^a   Backheden, Magnus ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

General Health Questionnaire; Impact of Event Scale; Life change events; Natural disaster

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEATH; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DIVORCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; INDIAN OCEAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; NATURAL DISASTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SURVIVOR; SWEDEN; TERRORISM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TSUNAMI; VIOLENCE; WAR; WIDOW; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DISASTER; FOLLOW UP; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DISASTERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; SURVIVORS; SWEDEN; TSUNAMIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954806396     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08039480903484092     Document Type: Article

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