Acute stress disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, and depression in disaster of rescue workers

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 161, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1370-1376

  Fullerton, Carol S ^a   Ursano, Robert J ^a   Wang, Leming ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESCUE WORK; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC, ACUTE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3343003565     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.161.8.1370     Document Type: Article

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