Mental health of workers and volunteers responding to events of 9/11: Review of the literature

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-127

  Bills, Corey B ^a   Levy, Nancy A S ^b   Sharma, Vansh ^c   Charney, Dennis S ^c   Herbert, Robin ^c   Moline, Jacqueline ^c   Katz, Craig L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Department of Community and Preventive Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Disaster workers; First responders; Mental health; Review; September 11th

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER;

HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEW YORK CITY; RELIEF WORK; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 49149107515     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: 19317581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msj.20026     Document Type: Review

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