Prehospital and disaster medicine · 2007
Mental health problems following the 2005 earthquake in Kashmir: findings of community-run clinics.
СтатьяНазвание и аннотация: Перевод в очереди
Обработка статьи · этапы, ошибки и управление
Загрузка состояния…
Ошибки и ограничения
История · было → стало
Состояние обновляется каждые 5 секунд, пока блок открыт. Процент показывается только там, где известен объём работы. Пауза останавливает продолжение этапа; текущий запрос к источнику может завершиться.
Chadda Rakesh Kumar, Malhotra Anil, Kaw Nanaji, Singh Jaspreet, Sethi Hem
Аннотация
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.
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.