Swept away: Use of general medical and mental health services among veterans displaced by Hurricane Katrina

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 154-156

  Druss, Benjamin G ^a   Henderson, Kathy L ^b   Rosenheck, Robert A ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

EID: 33846519497     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.2007.164.1.154     Document Type: Article

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