Psychological morbidity in children 18 months after Kashmir earthquake of 2005

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 323-336

  Ayub, Muhammad ^a,b   Poongan, Ishwari ^b   Masood, Khadija ^c   Gul, Huma ^e   Ali, Mahwish ^d   Farrukh, Ammara ^e   Shaheen, Aisha ^e   Chaudhry, Haroon Rasheed ^e   Naeem, Farooq ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b The Royal College of Psychiatrists   (United Kingdom)

^c Sheikh Zayed Medical College and Hospital   (Pakistan)

^d Lahore Institute of Research and Development   (Pakistan)

^e FATIMA JINNAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Children; Developing country; Earthquake; Pakistan; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PAKISTAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MORBIDITY; PAKISTAN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84864184999     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-011-0267-9     Document Type: Article

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