Posttraumatic stress disorder and terrorism: 5 Years after 9/11

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-41

  Laugharne, Jonathan ^a   Janca, Aleksandar ^a   Widiger, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychological resilience; September 11; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

EDUCATION; EXPOSURE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MASS MEDIUM; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CRISIS INTERVENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVAL; TELEVISION;

EID: 33845409198     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e328010dc2c     Document Type: Review

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