Prospective study of posttraumatic stress, anxiety, and depressive reactions after earthquake and political violence

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 911-916

  Goenjian, Armen K ^a   Steinberg, Alan M ^a   Najarian, Louis M ^a   Fairbanks, Lynn A ^a   Tashjian, Madeline ^a   Pynoos, Robert S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ARMENIA; AZERBAIJAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NATURAL DISASTERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POLITICS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0034045320     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.6.911     Document Type: Article

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