Delayed recovery of caregivers from social dysfunction and psychological distress after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 148, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 413-417

  Sawa, Minoru ^a,b   Osaki, Yoneatsu ^b   Koishikawa, Hiraki ^a  

^a KAMEDA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Earthquake; Evacuation; Psychological distress; Social dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL DISABILITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84877723142     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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