Mental health risks in the local workforce engaged in disaster relief and reconstruction

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 207-217

  Wang, Xiao L ^a   Chan, Cecilia L W ^a   Shi, Zhan B ^b   Wang, Bin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

bereavement grief; China, Chinese culture; coping and adaptation; crisis management; interviews, semistructured; mental health and illness; occupational health; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIEF WORK; SURVIVOR; VOLUNTEER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHINA; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RELIEF WORK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; VOLUNTEERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84871666487     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732312467706     Document Type: Article

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