The prevalence of long-term post-traumatic stress symptoms among adolescents after the tsunami in aceh

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 543-549

  Agustini, E N ^a,b   Asniar, I ^c   Matsuo, H ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c SYIAH KUALA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Aceh; Adolescent; Associated factors; Disaster; PTSD; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISASTER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TIME; TSUNAMI;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; TSUNAMIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960315258     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2011.01702.x     Document Type: Article

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