Prevalence and psychosocial risk factors of PTSD: 18 months after Kashmir earthquake in Pakistan

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 268-274

  Naeem, Farooq ^a   Ayub, Muhammad ^b   Masood, Khadija ^c   Gul, Huma ^d   Khalid, Mahwish ^a   Farrukh, Ammara ^d   Shaheen, Aisha ^d   Waheed, Waquas ^e   Chaudhry, Haroon Rasheed ^f  

^a Lahore Institute of Research and Development   (Pakistan)

^b The Royal College of Psychiatrists   (United Kingdom)

^c Sheikh Zayed Medical College and Hospital   (Pakistan)

^d SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^e LANCASHIRE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f FATIMA JINNAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Developing country; Earthquake; Psychiatric morbidity; Psychological trauma; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRIEF DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; COMPENSATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EARTHQUAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PAKISTAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAUMATIC STRESS IN EARTHQUAKE SURVIVORS; TRAUMATIC STRESS SYMPTOM CHECKLIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953172188     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2010.10.035     Document Type: Article

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