Mental Health Problems among the Survivors in the Hard-Hit Areas of the Yushu Earthquake

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Zhen ^a   Wang, Wenzhong ^a   Shi, Zhanbiao ^a   Wang, Li ^a   Zhang, Jianxin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RELIEF WORK; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHINA; DEPRESSION; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867288339     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046449     Document Type: Article

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