PTSD following terrorist attacks: A prospective evaluation

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1188-1191

  Shalev, Arieh Y ^a   Freedman, Sara ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERRORISM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TERRORISM;

EID: 20044375593     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.6.1188     Document Type: Article

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