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 …

It has been suggested that the treatment strategy needs to be reviewed and changed if
depression occurs in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We analyzed data …

INTRODUCTION: This study examined the onset and 18-month longitudinal course of post-
traumatic stress disorder morbidity in 79 people who were exposed to the man-mad" Sivas …

Background: The impact of the May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, measuring a massive 8.0
on the surface wave magnitude scale, on public health in China has been significant and …

Earthquakes have been found to be associated with increased prevalence of psychiatric
disorders: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with a diagnosis range of 1.5%-74 …

Background Depression and anxiety are common psychiatric sequelae of traumatic brain
injury (TBI). However, there is lack of data on comorbid depression and anxiety, and …

Disasters, both natural and man made, affect millions of people around the world each year.
Breslau et al.(1991) estimated that 6%-7% of the US population was exposed to disaster or …

Objective: This study examined the effect of stressors on PTSD, depression, and health
status in a sample of Lebanese civilians exposed to a church explosion and their …

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

Objectives Major depression disorder (MDD) is the most frequent psychiatric complication
after traumatic brain injury (TBI), with a prevalence of 14–77%. The aim of this study was to …