Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms in the Aftermath of Disasters
Open Access
- 1 July 2005
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Epidemiologic Reviews
- Vol. 27 (1) , 92-106
- https://doi.org/10.1093/epirev/mxi001
Abstract
Many studies have examined the health problems among survivors of disasters, showing that the most frequently reported symptoms after disasters are mental health problems, such as posttraumatic stress symptoms, depression, and anxiety (1, 2).Keywords
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