Posttraumatic stress disorder among survivors of the Wenchuan earthquake 1 year after: Prevalence and risk factors

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 431-437

  Xu, Jiuping ^a   Song, Xiaocui ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARTHQUAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME MENTAL HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 79959299635     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: 15328384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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