Emergency Department Visits for Behavioral and Mental Health Care After a Terrorist Attack

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 327-334

  DiMaggio, Charles ^a   Galea, Sandro ^b   Richardson, Lynne D ^c  

^a Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DISORDER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TERRORISM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS;

EID: 34547875784     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.10.021     Document Type: Article

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