Mental health issues in disasters and terrorist attacks

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 3 SUPPL. 3, 2003, Pages

  Schlenger, William E ^a,b,c   Jernigan, Nancy E ^b,c  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Twin Forks Psychiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

Disasters; Mental health; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE;

DISASTER; EXPOSURE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17144442712     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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