Psychiatric Morbidity Following Disasters: Epidemiology, Risk and Protective Factors

Disasters and Mental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 37-63

  Mcfarlane, Alexander C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

"sudden or great misfortune"; Buffalo Creek disaster; Disaster research; Ethnic and socioeconomic risk factors; Post traumatic psychopathology; Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Protective factors; Social support; Traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948958207     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/047002125X.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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