Pathological responses to terrorism

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1793-1805

  Yehuda, Rachel ^a   Bryant, Richard ^a   Marmar, Charles ^a   Zohar, Joseph ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological studies; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Prospective studies; Risk factors; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLICY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; TERRORISM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM;

EID: 27144449008     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300816     Document Type: Article

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