Mental health, natural and human-made disasters: Lessons learnt and future needs

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-5

  Amaddeo, F ^a   Tansella, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE;

ARSON; CIVIL DISORDER; DISASTER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARTHQUAKE; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FLOODING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LANDSLIDE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLICATION; SURVIVOR; TERRORISM; VOLCANO; WAR;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84856857710     PISSN: 20457960     EISSN: 20457979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S2045796011000813     Document Type: Editorial

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