Mental health in L'Aquila after the earthquake

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 132-137

  Stratta, Paolo ^a   De Cataldo, Stefano ^a   Bonanni, Roberto ^a   Valenti, Marco ^b   Masedu, Francesco ^b   Rossi, Alessandro ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Salute Mentale   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Mental health; Natural disaster; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AUTISM; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DRUG UTILIZATION; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MASS DISASTER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DRUG UTILIZATION; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRIAGE;

EID: 84863314857     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4415/ANN_12_02_05     Document Type: Review

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