Psychiatric morbidity among children in North Aceh district (Indonesia) exposed to the 26 December 2004 tsunami

Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 151-155

  Wiguna, Tjhin ^a   Guerrero, Anthony P S ^b   Kaligis, Fransiska ^a   Khamelia, Malik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

children; Indonesia; North Aceh district; psychiatric morbidity; tsunami

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONDUCT DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISASTER; DYSTHYMIA; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ENURESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INDONESIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PEER GROUP; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; TSUNAMI;

EID: 77957608615     PISSN: 17585864     EISSN: 17585872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-5872.2010.00079.x     Document Type: Article

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