Lessons from the 2004 Asian tsunami: Nature, prevalence and determinants of prolonged grief disorder among tsunami survivors in South Indian coastal villages

Conclusion:
Our findings support the validity of PGD in a non-Western post-disaster community and its distinctness from PTSD. They have important public health implications in planning responses to natural disasters and for future revisions of diagnostic classifications.

Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - October 8, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Rajkumar, A. P., Mohan, T. S., Tharyan, P. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research