Fear of Terrorism in New York after the September 11 Terrorist Attacks: Implications for Emergency Mental Health and Preparedness

International Journal of Emergency Mental Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 199-209

  Boscarino, Joseph A ^a,b   Figley, Charles R ^c   Adams, Richard E ^a  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b New Jersey Health Care System   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioterrorism; Collective behavior; Evacuation behavior; Preparedness; Public mental health; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; COMMUNITY; EMERGENCY; EVALUATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICE; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DISASTER PLANNING; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; TERRORISM;

EID: 1642514546     PISSN: 15224821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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