Incidence of male childhood sexual abuse and psychological sequelae in disaster workers exposed to a terrorist attack

International Journal of Emergency Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 267-274

  Leck, Pamela A ^a,b,c   Difede, JoAnn ^a,b   Patt, Ivy ^a,c   Giosan, Cezar ^a,b   Szkodny, Lauren ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Program for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Studies   (United States)

^c Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster workers; Emergency mental health; Male child sexual abuse; PTSD; Terrorist attack

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RELIEF WORK; RISK FACTORS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STATISTICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33845249673     PISSN: 15224821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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