Posttraumatic stress disorder 1 month after 2008 earthquake in China: Wenchuan earthquake survey

Wang, Bo; Ni, Chunping; Chen, Jianfeng; Liu, Xijuan; Wang, Arthur; Shao, Zhongjun; Xiao, Dingquan; Cheng, Howard C H; Jiang, Juncheng; Yan, Yongping

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2009.07.001

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“…The findings from the earlier phases in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake concur with several studies performed in recent years (Chan et al, 2011;Dell'Osso et al, 2011a;Wang et al, 2011). For instance, in a study of 1,488 individuals directly or indirectly exposed to the L'Aquila earthquake in Italy on 6 April 2009, Dell'Osso et al (2011a) found that severity of exposure to the event measured by proximity to the epicentre was associated with PTSD symptoms.…”

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confidence: 87%

A post‐earthquake psychopathological investigation in Armenia: methodology, summary of findings, and follow‐up

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The post-earthquake psychopathological investigation (PEPSI) was designed to probe the short-and long-term effects of the earthquake in northern Armenia on 7 December 1988 on survivors' mental and physical health. Four phases of this study have been conducted to date, and, overall, more than 80 per cent of a sub-sample of 1,773 drawn from an initial cohort of 32,743 was successfully followed during 2012. This paper describes the methodology employed in the evaluation, summarises previous findings, details the current objectives, and examines the general characteristics of the sample based on the most recent follow-up phase outcomes. Despite a significant decrease in psychopathology rates between 1990 and 2012, prevalence rates of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression among study participants in 2012 were greater than 15 and 26 per cent, respectively. The paper also notes the strengths and limitations of the study vis-à-vis future research and highlights the importance and potential practical implications of similar assessments and their outcomes.

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A post‐earthquake psychopathological investigation in Armenia: methodology, summary of findings, and follow‐up

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“…One month after the Wenchuan earthquake, the prevalence rate of PTSD in Qiaozhuang town in Qingchuan County was 62.8% (257 of 430; B. Wang, Ni, et al, 2011). One year after the earthquake, the prevalence rate in Beichuan was 26.3% (Z.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…B. Wang, Ni, et al (2011) investigated for PTSD among 430 survivors in Qiaozhuang town of Qingchuan county and observed that 62.8% subjects met the criteria for PTSD 1 month after the earthquake. Chen et al made a cross design with 1,321 survivors who had endured both an earthquake and a mudslide.…”

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Systematic Review on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Survivors of the Wenchuan Earthquake

Hong

Efferth

2016

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) widely occurs among victims or witness of disasters. With flashbacks, hyperarousal, and avoidance being the typical symptoms, PTSD became a focus of psychological research. The earthquake in Wenchuan, China, on May 12, 2008, was without precedent in magnitude and aftermath and caused huge damage, which drew scientists' attention to mental health of the survivors. We conducted a systematic overview by collecting published articles from the PubMed database and classifying them into five points: epidemiology, neuropathology, biochemistry, genetics and epigenetics, and treatment. The large body of research during the past 6 years showed that adolescents and adults were among the most studied populations with high prevalence rates for PTSD. Genomic and transcriptomic studies focusing on gene × environment studies as well as epigenetics are still rare, although a few available data showed great potential to better understand the pathophysiology of PTSD as multifactorial disease. Phytotherapy with Chinese herbs and acupuncture are rarely reported as of yet, although the first published data indicated promising therapy effects. Future studies should focus on the following points: (1) The affected populations under observation should be better defined concerning individual risk factor, time of observation, spatial movement, and individual disease courses of patients. (2) The role of social support for prevalence rates of PTSD should be observed in more detail. (3) Efficacy and safety of Chinese medicine should be studied to find potential interventions and effective treatments of PTSD.

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“…For instance, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) usually affects many survivors of disasters. Typical symptoms of PTSD include experiencing hyper arousal, re-experiencing an event, having unwanted memories, and experiencing depression (Wang et al 2011). Studies have identified all of these symptoms in the Wenchuan Earth quake survivors (Xu and Song 2011).…”

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Hierarchy, Construction, or Mentality: Capacity-Limiting Government Actions in the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake of China

Sun¹,

Li²

2015

J. Contemp. East. Asia

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Posttraumatic stress disorder 1 month after 2008 earthquake in China: Wenchuan earthquake survey

Cited by 69 publications

References 33 publications

A post‐earthquake psychopathological investigation in Armenia: methodology, summary of findings, and follow‐up

A post‐earthquake psychopathological investigation in Armenia: methodology, summary of findings, and follow‐up

Systematic Review on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Survivors of the Wenchuan Earthquake

Hierarchy, Construction, or Mentality: Capacity-Limiting Government Actions in the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake of China

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