Disaster research related to earthquakes has almost exclusively dealt with their long-term
psychosocial impact; besides, diagnoses were previously based only on DSM criteria …

The aim of our 6-month follow-up study was to assess predictors of post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) among individuals seeking treatment at the General Hospital Psychiatric …

An earthquake hit the city of L'Aquila in central Italy in 2009, leaving the city completely
destroyed and 309 casualties. Unexpectedly, lower rates of psychotic experiences in …

Greece has been characterized by high earthquake in comparison not only with
Mediterranean countries, but also with many parts of Eurasia. In the present study an …

Two major earthquakes hit Turkey at the Kahramanmaraş region on February 6th 2023. The
earthquakes affected almost 15 million individuals, resulting in more than forty thousand …

The mental health implications of the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake will probably be
profound. Here we present research from prior disasters related to the potential negative …

This is the first study to investigate the mechanism of Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
after the 2017 7.0 Ritcher scale Jiuzhaigou earthquake. In order to identify the mechanism …

One year after the 7 September 1999 earthquake in Athens, Greece, we investigated the
psychological consequences among 305 individuals (71 per cent female) residing in the …

The validity of a Traumatic Stress Symptom Checklist (TSSC), which was developed as part
of a Screening Instrument for Traumatic Stress in Earthquake Survivors (SITSES), was …

INTRODUCTION: The research questions were, first, how exposure to earthquake related
traumatic events is associated with PTSD and other psychiatric symptoms among women …