Citation

Lima BR, Chavez H, Samaniego N, Pai S. Bull. Pan Am. Health Organ. 1992; 26(1): 60-66.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, Pan American Health Organization)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1600438

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.

Language: en