Commentary on "television images and psychological symptoms after the September 11 terrorist attacks": Television viewing as risk factor

Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 301-303

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^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NOTE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEVISION; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; ADULT; CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ADULT; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TELEVISION; TERRORISM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036947383     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.65.4.301.20245     Document Type: Note

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