Promoting mental health recovery after hurricanes Katrina and Rita: What can be done at what cost

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 906-914

  Schoenbaum, Michael ^a,i   Butler, Brittany ^a,b   Kataoka, Sheryl ^b   Norquist, Grayson ^c   Springgate, Benjamin ^d,e   Sullivan, Greer ^a,f,g   Duan, Naihua ^b,j   Kessler, Ronald C ^h   Wells, Kenneth ^a,b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Rapid Evaluation and Action for Community Health in New Orleans Louisiana ^*  (United States)

^f Little Rock Veterans Affairs   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^j Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; COOPERATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MONEY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CYCLONES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RELIEF WORK; RESCUE WORK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68149125175     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2009.77     Document Type: Article

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