Exposure to hurricane-related stressors and mental illness after Hurricane Katrina

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1427-1434

  Galea, Sandro ^a,b   Brewin, Chris R ^c   Gruber, Michael ^d   Jones, Russell T ^e   King, Daniel W ^f   King, Lynda A ^f   McNally, Richard J ^g   Ursano, Robert J ^h   Petukhova, Maria ^d   Kessler, Ronald C ^d  

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

^b Columbia Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; SCREENING; STRESS; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 36849013574     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.64.12.1427     Document Type: Article

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