A survey of New Yorkers after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 780-783

  DeLisi, Lynn E ^a   Maurizio, Andrea ^b   Yost, Maria ^b   Papparozzi, Carey F ^b   Fulchino, Cindy ^b   Katz, Craig L ^b   Altesman, Josh ^b   Biel, Mathew ^b   Lee, Jennifer ^b   Stevens, Pilar ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TERRORISM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERRORISM;

EID: 0037797399     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.4.780     Document Type: Review

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