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- Title
Psychological outcomes following the Victorian Black Saturday bushfires.
- Authors
Bryant, Richard A; Waters, Elizabeth; Gibbs, Lisa; Gallagher, H Colin; Pattison, Philippa; Lusher, Dean; MacDougall, Colin; Harms, Louise; Block, Karen; Snowdon, Elyse; Sinnott, Vikki; Ireton, Greg; Richardson, John; Forbes, David
- Abstract
The article features a study on the psychological impact of the Black Saturday bushfires that happened Victoria Australia in February 2009. It discusses participant characteristics as well as the questions asked to assess occurrence of trauma, depression, or any psychological disorder. Results reveal that most people from the affected communities seem to have recovered and moved on from the incident.
- Subjects
VICTORIA; COMMUNITIES; CONFIDENCE intervals; MENTAL depression; ALCOHOL drinking; FIRES; HELP-seeking behavior; INTERVIEWING; LONGITUDINAL method; NATURAL disasters; POST-traumatic stress disorder; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION analysis; RESEARCH funding; PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience; SELF-evaluation; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; SURVEYS; TELEPHONES; ODDS ratio
- Publication
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2014, Vol 48, Issue 7, p634
- ISSN
0004-8674
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0004867414534476