A prospective study of the impact of floods on the mental and physical health of older adults

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 992-1002

  Bei, Bei ^a,b,c   Bryant, Christina ^a,b   Gilson, Kim Michelle ^a,b   Koh, Juliana ^a   Gibson, Penelope ^a   Komiti, Angela ^a,c   Jackson, Henry ^b   Judd, Fiona ^a,c  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coping; Disaster; Mood; Risk factors; Stoicism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; FLOODING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; PHILOSOPHY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DISASTERS; FLOODS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PHILOSOPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VICTORIA;

EID: 84887424001     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2013.799119     Document Type: Article

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