A mental health trauma response to the Japanese earthquake and Tsunami

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 162-164

  Procter, Nicholas G ^a   Crowley, Timothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; TSUNAMI;

EARTHQUAKES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TSUNAMIS;

EID: 79955605825     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HNP.0b013e31821a6955     Document Type: Article

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