PTSD onset and course following the World Trade Center disaster: Findings and implications for future research

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 887-898

  Boscarino, Joseph A ^a,b   Adams, Richard E ^c  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed onset; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Predisposition; Resiliency; Stressful events

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS DISASTER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 70349242345     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0011-y     Document Type: Article

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