Reactions and Needs of Tristate-Area Pediatricians after the Events of September 11th: Implications for Children's Mental Health Services

Pediatrics

Volumn 113, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 1357-1366

  Laraque, Danielle ^a,b   Boscarino, Joseph A ^c   Battista, Anthony ^b   Fleischman, Alan ^c   Casalino, Marie ^b   Hu, Yue Yung ^a   Ramos, Sandra ^c   Adams, Richard E ^c   Schmidt, Jessica ^b   Chemtob, Claude ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^c NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stress disorder; Bioterrorism; Children; Depression; Environmental health; Mental health; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Toxins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; DISASTER; E-MAIL; ETHNOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE NEED; INTERNET; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TERRORISM; TRAINING;

CHILD; CONNECTICUT; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; PEDIATRICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC, ACUTE; TERRORISM;

EID: 2342597774     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.113.5.1357     Document Type: Article

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