PTSD reactions and functioning of American Airlines flight attendants in the wake of September 11

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 435-441

  Lating, Jeffrey M ^a   Sherman, Martin F ^a   Everly Jr , George S ^a,b   Lowry, Jenny L ^a   Peragine, Traci F ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Flight attendants; PTSD; September 11; Terrorist attacks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TERRORISM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942520947     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000126732.00555.4b     Document Type: Article

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