Posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms in a college population one year after the September 11 attacks: The effect of proximity

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 143-150

  Blanchard, Edward B ^a   Rowell, Dianna ^a   Kuhn, Eric ^a   Rogers, Rebecca ^b   Wittrock, David ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Proximity; PTSD; September 11; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERRORISM;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; NORTH DAKOTA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERRORISM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 7544223010     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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