Social workers' experiences of the world trade center disaster: Stressors and their relationship to symptom types

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-198

  Colarossi, Lisa ^a   Heyman, Janna ^a   Phillips, Michael ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; September 11, 2001; Stressors; Symptoms; World Trade Center

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL WORK; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; NEW YORK CITY; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL WORK; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 18144398158     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-005-2652-y     Document Type: Article

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