TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Psychological distress following urban earthquakes in California
JO  - Prehospital and disaster medicine
A1  - Bourque, Linda B.
A1  - Siegel, Judith M.
A1  - Shoaf, K. I.
SP  - 81
EP  - 90
VL  - 17
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1049-023X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X00000224
ID  - ref1
ER  -