Cengiz K?l?ç|Meltem Ulusoy
Psychological effects of the November 1999 earthquake in Turkey: an epidemiological study
Istanbul Kent University|Ba?kent University|Bolu Abant ?zzet Baysal University
study assessed traumatic stress symptoms related factors two towns affected two earthquakes killed 20000 people 1999 turkeya total 430 people selected households seen 18 months earthquake given selfreport questionnaire assessing posttraumatic stress ptsd depressive symptoms demographics trauma exposurethe rates ptsd depression higher site closer epicenter traumatic stress symptom checklist scores predicted fear earthquake loss friends neighbours female gender lower education living rented accomodation depression predicted study site death relatives past psychiatric illnessthese results show severe earthquakes cause longlasting morbidity previous findings showed differential prediction depressive traumatic stress symptoms earthquakes also supported