Citation

Lima BR, Chavez H, Samaniego N, Pai S. Bol. Oficina Sanit. Panam. 1992; 113(1): 28-34.

Vernacular Title

Trastornos psiquiatricos en victimas de desastres en el Ecuador.

Affiliation

Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, Pan American Health Organization)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1642782

Abstract

Previous studies in developing countries have demonstrated post-disaster stress disorders in a substantial share of the people living through a natural calamity, but questions have remained as to the severity of these mental health problems. This article reports information derived from a 1987 study of Ecuadorian earthquake victims that shows many of the victims had diagnosable psychiatric disorders and provides insight into the nature of those disorders.

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