Posttraumatic stress and depressive reactions among Nicaraguan adolescents after Hurricane Mitch

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 788-794

  Goenjian, Armen K ^a,b   Molina, Luis ^a   Steinberg, Alan M ^a   Fairbanks, Lynn A ^a   Alvarez, Maria Luisa ^a   Goenjian, Haig A ^a   Pynoos, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NICARAGUA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SEX RATIO;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NATURAL DISASTERS; NICARAGUA; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0035003053     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.158.5.788     Document Type: Article

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