The International journal of social psychiatry
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Int J Soc Psychiatry · Sep 2013
Prevalence and predictors of stress disorders following two earthquakes.
Studies about stress disorders following a disaster have mainly been based on single-event trauma with little emphasis on multiple traumas. ⋯ The study suggested that the prevalence of stress disorders in two earthquakes were higher than that experienced in a single disaster. The intensity of trauma exposure, low educational level, bad subjective feeling of economic status, and psychological stress after the first earthquake could be used to identify survivors at risk of developing PTSD in two earthquakes.