A review of psychosocial assessments for disaster mental health studies

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 560-567

  Yamashita, Jun ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

disaster mental health; measurement criteria; psychosocial factors; stress process; subjective assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874043456     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025952     Document Type: Review

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