Mental Health Symptoms in Youth Affected by Hurricane Katrina

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-18

  Roberts, Yvonne Humenay ^a   Mitchell, Monica J ^a,b   Witman, Marjorie ^c   Taffaro, Craig ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Cincinnati Children's Hospital   (United States)

^c U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^d Parish Government   (United States)

Author keywords

disasters; Hurricane Katrina; mental health; mixed methods; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 76849104294     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018339     Document Type: Article

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