Use of mental health services among disaster survivors

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 370-378

  Rodriguez, Jorge J ^a   Kohn, Robert ^b  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Mental health; Service utilization

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

DISASTER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SURVIVOR;

DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44649124298     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e328304d984     Document Type: Review

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