Exploring psychological resilience in the face of terrorism

Psychiatric Annals

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 626-632

  Reissman, Dori B ^a,b   Klomp, Richard W ^a   Kent, Adrian T ^c   Pfefferbaum, Betty ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^b U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Terrorism and Disaster Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION SYNDROME; BEREAVEMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; CREATIVITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; HUMOR; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL BALANCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEADY STATE; TERRORISM;

EID: 4344660230     PISSN: 00485713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0048-5713-20040801-16     Document Type: Review

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