Utilization of mental health services following the September 11th terrorist attacks in Manhattan, New York City

International Journal of Emergency Mental Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 143-155

  Boscarino, Joseph A ^a   Galea, Sandro ^a   Ahern, Jennifer ^a   Resnick, Heidi ^b   Vlahov, David ^a  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Disasters; Mental health services; Panic disorder; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; PTSD; Service utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEW YORK CITY; PANIC DISORDER; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM;

EID: 0036616378     PISSN: 15224821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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