Acute posttraumatic stress disorder in victims of a natural disaster.

By:

Madakasira, Sudhakar

Contributor(s):

O'Brien, Kevin F

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1987Description: 5p., 32 refsSubject(s):

Subject: The mental health status of 116 disaster victims were surveyed four months after a tornado in eastern North Carolina using the Hopkins Symptoms Checklist (HSCL) which was expanded to include most of DSM-111 criteria for post traumatic stress disorder. The findings suggest a high incidence of acute PTSD in victims of natural disasters and the potential value of HSCL in screening for PTSD in large popluations.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	616.8521 MAD (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		005271036

Reprinted from The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Vol. 175., No. 5., pp286-290

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The mental health status of 116 disaster victims were surveyed four months after a tornado in eastern North Carolina using the Hopkins Symptoms Checklist (HSCL) which was expanded to include most of DSM-111 criteria for post traumatic stress disorder. The findings suggest a high incidence of acute PTSD in victims of natural disasters and the potential value of HSCL in screening for PTSD in large popluations.

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