Bereavement, Postdisaster Trauma, and Behavioral Changes in Tsunami Survivors

Death Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 226-233

  Suar, Damodar ^a   Das, Sitanshu Sekhar ^a   Alat, Priya ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BEREAVEMENT; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISASTER; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVOR; TSUNAMI;

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; BEREAVEMENT; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISASTERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; TSUNAMIS;

EID: 84926518001     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2014.979957     Document Type: Article

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