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PREHOSPITAL AND DISASTER MEDICINE
卷 22, 期 6, 页码 541-545出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00005409
关键词
disaster; earthquakes; India; Kashmir; mental health problems; post-traumatic stress disorder
资金
- Director Health Services, Kashmir (India)
- Principal, Regional Institute of Health and Family Welfare, Dhobiwan (JK)
Introduction: Events such as earthquakes are followed by significant psychiatric morbidity due to the enormous damage caused to life, health, property, and other resources in the affected area. In October 2005, a devastating earthquake occurred in Kashmir in India. A team of mental health professionals visited the earthquake stricken area to provide mental health services five weeks after of the event. Methods: The team conducted clinics at > 30 sites in different villages in the area. This paper describes the mental health problems encountered in those communities. Results: All patients seen in the clinics had their houses destroyed by the earthquake. Nearly one-fourth had suffered serious physical injuries and 12% had lost one of their family members. Common psychiatric diagnoses included, adjustment disorders (39.6%), depressive episode (22.6%), and other stress disorders (21.8 %). Only 10 (3.3%) patients were found to suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), though PTSD-like symptoms were reported by more than two-thirds of the patients. Conclusions: Adjustment disorders, depression, other stress reactions, and PTSD-like symptoms were the common mental health problems five to six weeks following an earthquake.
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