The relations of PTSD symptoms to alcohol use and coping drinking in volunteers who responded to the Swissair Flight 111 airline disaster

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-68

  Stewart, Sherry H ^a   Mitchell, Terry L ^a   Wright, Kristi D ^a   Loba, Pamela ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airline disaster; Coping motivated drinking; Human remains exposure; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0346724866     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2003.07.006     Document Type: Article

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