Prevalence of mental disorders and suicidal thoughts among community-dwelling elderly adults 3 years after the Niigata-Chuetsu earthquake

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 144-150

  Suzuki, Yuriko ^a   Tsutsumi, Atsuro ^a   Fukasawa, Maiko ^a   Honma, Hiroko ^b   Someya, Toshiyuki ^b,c   Kim, Yoshiharu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Niigata Institute for Traumatic Stress   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mental disorders; Natural disasters; Older adults; Prevalence; Suicidality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TIME;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79953074291     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20100093     Document Type: Article

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