@article{ref1,
title="Psychological distress following urban earthquakes in California",
journal="Prehospital and disaster medicine",
year="2002",
author="Bourque, Linda B. and Siegel, Judith M. and Shoaf, K. I.",
volume="17",
number="2",
pages="81-90",
abstract="During and following a disaster caused by a natural event, human populations are thought to be at greater risk of psychological morbidity and mortality directly attributable to increased, disaster-induced stress. Drawing both on the research of others and that conducted at the Center for Public Health and Disaster Relief of the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) following California earthquakes, this paper examines the extent to which research evidence supports these assumptions. Following a brief history of disaster research in the United States, the response of persons at the time of an earthquake was examined with particular attention to psychological morbidity; the number of deaths that can be attributed to cardiovascular events and suicides; and the extent to which and by whom, health services are used following an earthquake. The implications of research findings for practitioners in the field are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1049-023X",
doi="10.1017/S1049023X00000224",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X00000224"
}