A cross-sectional study among survivors of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake: Prevalence and risk factors of posttraumatic stress disorder

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 386-392

  Xu, Jiuping ^a   Song, Xiaocui ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Prevalence; Risk factors; Sichuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EARTHQUAKE; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 79960268727     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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