The onset and longitudinal course of a man-made post-traumatic morbidity: Survivors of the Sivas disaster

Sungur M., Kaya B.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE, vol.5, no.3, pp.195-202, 2001 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 5 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2001
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/136515001317021662
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.195-202
  • Keywords: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, trauma, man-made disaster, longitudinal course, onset, Sivas disaster, POSTTRAUMATIC-STRESS-DISORDER, DSM-IV, ETIOLOGY
  • Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Introduction: This study examined the onset and 18-month longitudinal course of post-traumatic stress disorder morbidity in 79 people who were exposed to the man-made "Sivas disaster" in Turkey, which caused 37 deaths and more than 60 injuries.