The mental health consequences of disaster-related loss: Findings from primary care one year after the 9/11 terrorist attacks

Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 339-348

  Neria, Yuval ^a,b,c   Olfson, Mark ^a,c   Gameroff, Marc J ^a,c   Wickramaratne, Priya ^a,c   Gross, Raz ^a,b,c   Pilowsky, Daniel J ^a,b,c   Blanco, Carlos ^a,c   Manetti Cusa, Julián ^c   Lantigua, Rafael ^a   Shea, Steven ^a,b   Weissman, Myrna M ^a,b,c  

^a Columbia University Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^b New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MINORITY GROUP; MOOD DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RISK; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERRORISM; WORK DISABILITY; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SICK LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61849168010     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.2008.71.4.339     Document Type: Article

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