Perceived community participation in tsunami recovery efforts and the mental health of tsunami-affected mothers: Findings from a study in rural Sri Lanka

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 518-527

  Wickrama, K A S ^a   Wickrama, T ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community participation; depression; disaster recovery; mental health risks; mothers; post traumatic stress disorder; Sri Lanka; tsunami

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIEF WORK; RURAL POPULATION; SRI LANKA; TSUNAMI;

ADULT; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHERS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIEF WORK; RURAL POPULATION; SRI LANKA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TSUNAMIS;

EID: 80052562534     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764010374426     Document Type: Article

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