Symptoms of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder in an outpatient population before and after hurricane Katrina

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 416-421

  McLeish, Alison C ^a   Del Ben, Kevin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Natural disaster; Outpatients; Psychiatric population; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SYMPTOM; TELEVISION VIEWING; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TELEVISION;

EID: 44449103244     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20426     Document Type: Article

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