Traumatic experiences and mental health consequences among child survivors of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake: A community-based follow-up study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jia, Zhaobao ^a   Shi, Lizheng ^b   Duan, Guangfeng ^a   Liu, Weizhi ^a   Pan, Xiao ^a   Chen, Yingyao ^c   Tian, Wenhua ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Child; Depression; Earthquakes; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Traumatic experiences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHINA; DEPRESSION; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873249818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-104     Document Type: Article

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