The Impact of Pretrauma Analogue GAD and Posttraumatic Emotional Reactivity Following Exposure to the September 11 Terrorist Attacks: A Longitudinal Study

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 262-276

  Farach, Frank J ^a   Mennin, Douglas S ^a   Smith, Rita L ^b   Mandelbaum, Matthew ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEAR; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOOD; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; WORK DISABILITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEW YORK CITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49449094370     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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