A prospective study of posttraumatic stress and depressive reactions among treated and untreated adolescents 5 years after a catastrophic disaster

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 162, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2302-2308

  Goenjian, Armen K ^a,b   Walling, David ^a   Steinberg, Alan M ^a   Karayan, Ida ^a   Najarian, Louis M ^a   Pynoos, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CNS Network   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMENIA; ARTICLE; CHILD POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER REACTION INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION SELF RATING SCALE; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; GRIEF; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; ARMENIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NATURAL DISASTERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 28444468470     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.12.2302     Document Type: Article

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