The establishment of a standard operation procedure for psychiatric service after an earthquake

Disasters

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 587-605

  Su, Chao yueh ^a   Chou, Frank Huang Chih ^b   Tsai, Kuan Yi ^c   Lin, Wen Kuo ^c  

^a Department of Nursing   (Taiwan)

^b MEIHO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAI SUAN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Disaster related psychological screening test (DRPST); Earthquake; Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Standard operation procedure (SOP)

Indexed keywords

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; DETECTION METHOD; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEISMIC HAZARD; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

ARTICLE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; SURVIVOR; TAIWAN;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 79958718685     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2011.01231.x     Document Type: Article

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