Population psychiatric medication prescription rates following a terrorist attack

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 479-484

  Dimaggio, Charles ^a   Galea, Sandro ^b   Madrid, Paula A ^a  

^a Department of Epidemiology Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

11 September 2001; New York; prescription rates; psychiatric medication; terrorist attack

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

HUMANS; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52149099650     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X0000529X     Document Type: Article

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