Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 7-14 , September 2008

Psychosocial responses to disaster: An Asian perspective

  • Suresh Sundram

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
    • Northern Psychiatry Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Mental Health Research Institute, Locked Bag 11, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052. Tel.: +61 3 9388 1633; fax: +61 3 9387 5061.
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  • M.E. Karim

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Mental Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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  • Lourdes Ladrido-Ignacio

      Affiliations

    • University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
  • ,
  • Albert Maramis

      Affiliations

    • WHO Country Office for Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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  • Khalid A. Mufti

      Affiliations

    • Ibadat Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan
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  • D. Nagaraja

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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  • Naotaka Shinfuku

      Affiliations

    • Seinan-Gakuin University, Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Daya Somasundaram

      Affiliations

    • University of Adelaide, AdelaideAustralia
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  • Pichet Udomratn

      Affiliations

    • Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand
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  • Zou Yizhuang

      Affiliations

    • Beijing Huilongguan Hospital, Beijing, PR China
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  • Ali Ahsan

      Affiliations

    • Ibadat Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan
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  • Haroon Rashid Chaudhry

      Affiliations

    • Fatima Jinnah Medical College/ Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan
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  • S. Chowdhury

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Mental Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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  • Russell D'Souza

      Affiliations

    • Northern Psychiatry Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia
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  • Zhou Dongfeng

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, PR China
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  • A.H.M. Firoz

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Mental Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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  • M.A. Hamid

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Mental Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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  • Stephanus Indradjaya

      Affiliations

    • WHO Country Office for Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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  • Suresh Bada Math

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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  • Rahman A.H.M. Mustafizur

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Mental Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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  • Farooq Naeem

      Affiliations

    • Southampton University, Southampton, United Kingdom
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  • M.A. Wahab

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Mental Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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PII: S1876-2018(08)00005-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2008.07.004

Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 7-14 , September 2008