Abstract Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is one of the most debilitating and costly
mental health problems that can develop following exposure to natural disasters …

Disasters are one of the most important priorities of community mental health. The Marmara
earthquakes of August 17 and November 12, 1999 strongly demonstrated the negative …

Following trauma, most people with initial symptoms of stress recover, but it is important to
identify those at risk for continuing difficulties so resources are allocated appropriately …

This study examined the impact of disaster-related stressors and peri-trauma emotional
reactions on mental health 10 months after the 2004 Southeast Asian tsunami disaster in a …

This study explores short-and long-term traumatic stress and the related risk factors among
peripheral victims of the M/S Estonia disaster. The participants, characterized as fourth-and …

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder
in different age groups of children after the 1999 Marmara earthquake in Turkey. Method …

Exposure to earthquakes has been associated with psychological distress in particular, the
development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The aims of this study are to estimate …

PTSD is considered the most common negative psychological reactions among survivors
following an earthquake. The present study sought to find out the determinants of PTSD in …

Aims To describe the prevalence and severity of mental disorders and to examine
differences in risk among those with and without a lifetime history prior to a moderate …

The present study examined the relationship between pretrauma variables (neuroticism,
optimism, self-control, and pretrauma depression) and postearthquake adjustment …