Exposure to Terrorism, Stress-Related Mental Health Symptoms, and Coping Behaviors among a Nationally Representative Sample in Israel

JAMA

Volumn 290, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 612-620

  Bleich, Avraham ^a,b   Gelkopf, Marc ^a   Solomon, Zahava ^c  

^a LEV HASHARON MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Lev Hasharon Mental Health Center ^*

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

TRANQUILIZER;

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERRORISM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM;

EID: 0042709624     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.290.5.612     Document Type: Article

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