Distinguishing distress and psychopathology among survivors of the Oakland/Berkeley firestorm

Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-45

  North, Carol S ^a   Hong, Barry A ^b   Suris, Alina ^a   Spitznagel, Edward L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISASTER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FIRE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 42249105220     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.2008.71.1.35     Document Type: Article

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