Television watching and the risk of incident probable posttraumatic stress disorder: A prospective evaluation

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-47

  Bernstein, Kyle T ^a,e   Ahern, Jennifer ^b,c   Tracy, Melissa ^b,d   Boscarino, Joseph A ^b   Vlahov, David ^b   Galea, Sandro ^b,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Media; PTSD; Television

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PUBLISHING; RISK; TELEVISION VIEWING; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846321219     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000244784.36745.a5     Document Type: Article

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