Disruption of existing mental health treatments and failure to initiate new treatment after Hurricane Katrina

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-41

  Wang, Philip S ^b   Gruber, Michael J ^b   Powers, Richard E ^b   Schoenbaum, Michael ^b   Speier, Anthony H ^b   Wells, Kenneth B ^b   Kessler, Ronald C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER PLANNING; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CASE REPORT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOUISIANA; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 39049117427     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07030502     Document Type: Article

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