Mental health problems among children one-year after Sichuan earthquake in China: A follow-up study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Liu, Mingxin ^a   Wang, Li ^a   Shi, Zhanbiao ^a   Zhang, Zhen ^a   Zhang, Kan ^a   Shen, Jianhua ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CHINA; DEATH; DEPRESSION; EARTHQUAKE; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAUMA SYMPTOM CHECKLIST FOR CHILDREN ALTERNATE VERSION; TRAUMATIC SHOCK; DISASTER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; ONSET AGE; STATISTICS; TIME;

AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHINA; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952021042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014706     Document Type: Article

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