Identification of post traumatic stress disorder and risk factors in military first responders 6 months after Wen Chuan earthquake in China

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 213-219

  Wang, Huanlin ^a,b   Jin, Hua ^c,d,e   Nunnink, Sarah E ^c,d   Guo, Wei ^a,b   Sun, Jian ^a,b   Shi, Jianan ^a,b   Zhao, Bin ^a,b   Bi, Yinhau ^a,b   Yan, Tongjun ^a,b   Yu, Haiying ^a,b   Wang, Guangjian ^a,b   Gao, Zhiqing ^a,b   Zhao, Hanqing ^a,b   Ou, Yanghui ^a,b   Song, Zixiagn ^a,b   Chen, Fangbin ^a,b   Lohr, James B ^c,d   Baker, Dewleen G ^c,d  

^a SHANDONG MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (China)

^b 2nd Military Medical University   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Earthquake; Prevalence; PTSD; Risk factors; Soldier

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; COMORBIDITY; DAVIDSON TRAUMA SCALE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE EXPERIENCES SCALE; ETHNICITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; SOLDIER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESCUE WORK; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953196093     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2010.09.026     Document Type: Article

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