Analysis of prevalence of PTSD and its influencing factors among college students after the Wenchuan earthquake

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Fu, Yan ^a   Chen, Yongshun ^b   Wang, Jin ^a   Tang, Xiaohui ^c   He, Jieyun ^d   Jiao, Miaorui ^b   Yu, Chunhua ^a   You, Guiying ^a   Li, Junying ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chengdu Aier Eye Hospital   (China)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Disaster; Mental health; Prevalence; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; COLLEGE STUDENT; DEATH; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84872278851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17532000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1753-2000-7-1     Document Type: Article

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