Family functioning in the aftermath of a natural disaster

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  McDermott, Brett M ^a,b   Cobham, Vanessa E ^a,b,c  

^a Kids in Mind Research: The Mater Center for Service Research in Mental Health   (Australia)

^b MATER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NATURAL DISASTER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; ANXIETY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DISASTER; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; HURRICANE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CYCLONIC STORMS; DEPRESSION; DISASTERS; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUEENSLAND; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84861632718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-55     Document Type: Article

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