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Persistent mental health disturbances during the 10 years after a disaster: Four-wave longitudinal comparative study

  1. Peter G. van der Velden PhD1,2,3,*,
  2. Albert Wong PhD4,
  3. Hendriek C. Boshuizen PhD4,
  4. Linda Grievink PhD4

Article first published online: 25 FEB 2013

DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12022

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Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volume 67, Issue 2, pages 110–118, February 2013

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van der Velden, P. G., Wong, A., Boshuizen, H. C. and Grievink, L. (2013), Persistent mental health disturbances during the 10 years after a disaster: Four-wave longitudinal comparative study. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 67: 110–118. doi: 10.1111/pcn.12022

Author Information

  1. 1

    INTERVICT, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands

  2. 2

    Institute for Psychotrauma, Diemen, The Netherlands

  3. 3

    Arq Psychotrauma Expert Group, Diemen, The Netherlands

  4. 4

    RIVM (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment), Bilthoven, The Netherlands

*Correspondence: Peter G. van der Velden, PhD, INTERVICT, Tilburg University, Room M734, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands. Email: pg.vandervelden@tilburguniversity.nl

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 25 FEB 2013
  2. Article first published online: 25 FEB 2013
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 27 DEC 2012
  4. Manuscript Revised: 7 NOV 2012
  5. Manuscript Received: 30 AUG 2012

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  • Dutch National Institute

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