Posttraumatic stress in emergency settings outside North America and Europe: A review of the emic literature

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 109, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-54

  Rasmussen, Andrew ^a   Keatley, Eva ^b   Joscelyne, Amy ^c  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural concepts of distress; Emergency settings; Humanitarian intervention; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HUMANITARIAN AID; MENTAL HEALTH; PATHOLOGY; TRAINING;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISASTER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMERGENCY CARE; EUROPE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; NORTH AMERICA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; SYMPTOM;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

KRAEPELINIA;

CULTURAL CONCEPTS OF DISTRESS; EMERGENCY SETTINGS; HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; TRAUMA;

AFRICA; ALTRUISM; AMERICAS; ASIA; CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; RELIEF WORK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84899521532     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.03.015     Document Type: Review

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