Stories behind the symptoms: A qualitative analysis of the narratives of 9/11 rescue and recovery workers

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 173-189

  Bills, Corey B ^a   Dodson, Nancy ^b   Stellman, Jeanne M ^c   Southwick, Steven ^b   Sharma, Vansh ^d   Herbert, Robin ^d   Moline, Jacqueline M ^d   Katz, Craig L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

9 11; Disaster; Mental health; Qualitative analysis; Responders; Trauma; World Trade Center

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DUST EXPOSURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNICITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MASS DISASTER; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATION; ODOR; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESCUE PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; RESCUE WORK; RITUAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERRORISM;

ADULT; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; RESCUE WORK; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS;

EID: 69049091806     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: 15736709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11126-009-9105-7     Document Type: Article

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