Mental health problems among survivors in hard-hit areas of the 5.12 Wenchuan and 4.20 Lushan earthquakes

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 43-49

  Xie, Zongtang ^a   Xu, Jiuping ^a   Wu, Zhibin ^a  

^a Sichuan University   (China)

Author keywords

anxiety; depression; Lushan earthquake; PTSD; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHINA; DEPRESSION; EARTHQUAKE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR; YOUNG ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISASTER; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85010664488     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: 13600567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638237.2016.1276525     Document Type: Article

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