A cross-sectional study on risk factors of depression severity among survivors of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 847-856

  Xu, Jiuping ^a   Mo, Liwen ^a   Wu, Zhibin ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cross sectional; Depression; Risk factors; Social support as mediator; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890799023     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-012-9578-y     Document Type: Article

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