Post-traumatic stress disorder status in a rescue group after the Wenchuan earthquake relief

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 8, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 1898-1906

  Huang, Jun Hua ^a,b   Liu, Qun Ying ^b   Li, Jin Liang ^c   Li, Xue Jiang ^b   You, Jin ^d   Zhang, Liang ^e   Tian, Chang Fu ^d   Luan, Rong Sheng ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Yunnan General Hospital of the Chinese People's Armed Police Forces   (China)

^c Chinese People's Armed Police Corps Hospital of Sichuan Province   (China)

^d KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Kunming Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Coping style; Cross sectional investigation; Incidence; Influencing factor; Neural regeneration; Neuroregeneration; Personality; Post traumatic stress disorder; Rescue groups; Risk factors; Social support; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH; EARTHQUAKE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIEF WORK; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WITNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889874892     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: 18767958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2013.20.009     Document Type: Article

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