Artigo Revisado por pares

Evaluación Longitudinal sobre los Estados postraumáticos vinculados a las catástrofes industriales. El caso de la población de San Juan Ixhuatepec (México)

2006; Servicio de Publicaciones; Volume: 22; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

ISSN

1695-2294

Autores

Silvia Rosa Sigales Ruíz,

Tópico(s)

Resilience and Mental Health

Resumo

This study identifies the posttraumatic effects caused by several industrial catastrophe occurred in the north of Mexico city between 1984 and 1996. A sample of 117 victims was assessed whit the ALFEST Scale (Steinitz y Crocq, 1992) to identify the effects of industrial accidents repetition (gas leakage from a petrochemical company: PEMEX, Petroleos Nexicanos). The results shown that a catastrophe of this kind causes significant posttraumatic effects on the mental health of the individuals along many years, and triggering specific psychotraumatic syndromes.

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