Trauma, resilience, and recovery in a high-risk African-American population

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 165, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1566-1575

  Alim, Tanya N ^b   Feder, Adriana ^a   Graves, Ruth Elaine ^b   Wang, Yanping ^b   Weaver, James ^b   Westphal, Maren ^b   Alonso, Angelique ^b   Aigbogun, Notalelomwan U ^b   Smith, Bruce W ^b   Doucette, John T ^b   Mellman, Thomas A ^b   Lawson, William B ^b   Charney, Dennis S ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE COPING; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANT COPING; CONVALESCENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFE; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPOSE IN LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONVALESCENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK-TAKING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 57349155681     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07121939     Document Type: Article

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