Mental illness and suicidality after Hurricane Katrina

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 930-939

  Kessler, Ronald C ^a   Galea, Sandro ^b   Jones, Russell T ^c   Parker, Holly A ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SURVEY; HURRICANE; MENTAL HEALTH; NATURAL HAZARD; SUICIDE; SURVEY;

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; WEATHERING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845389914     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.06.033019     Document Type: Review

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