Prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder among adolescents after the Wenchuan earthquake in China

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1687-1693

  Zhang, Z ^a   Ran, M S ^b,c   Li, Y H ^a   Ou, G J ^a   Gong, R R ^c   Li, R H ^a   Fan, M ^a   Jiang, Z ^a   Fang, D Z ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adolescents; China; depression; earthquakes; post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; DEPRESSION; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; ONLY CHILD; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX RATIO; SIBLING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHINA; DEPRESSION; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ONLY CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SIBLINGS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863895817     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711002844     Document Type: Article

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