An epidemiological survey of mental disorders 5 years after the Lushan earthquake in Ya'an, China.
Ru GaoSherry Kit Wa ChanBing-Zhi ZhangJing-Xia LinShu-Rong PengChuan-Gang YangGuo-Jiao TianJing-Zhen BaiLiu-Xiu XuYu-Hui LiZai-Jiang ZhengDao-Sheng PuCecilia Lai-Wan ChanMao-Sheng RanPublished in: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology (2020)
Our findings show that the prevalence of a range of mental disorders 5 years after the earthquake in Ya'an are high, and the prevalence of depressive and trauma- and stressor-related disorders may be influenced differently by the various severity of earthquake impact. This study may be crucial for the health policy-making, cultural-specific mental health services and long-term mental recovery after the earthquake.