Tsunami-exposed tourist survivors: Signs of recovery in a 3-year Perspective

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 162-169

  Johannesson, Kerstin Bergh ^a   Lundin, Tom ^a   Fröjd, Thomas ^a   Hultman, Christina M ^b   Michel, Per Olof ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

disaster; general mental health; IES R; Life threat; PTSD; traumatic bereavement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CONVALESCENCE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SURVIVOR; SWEDEN; TOURISM; TSUNAMI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BEREAVEMENT; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TSUNAMIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952163576     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31820c73d1     Document Type: Article

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