Correlates of long-term posttraumatic stress symptoms in children following Hurricane Katrina

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 239-250

  Moore, Kathryn W ^a   Varela, R Enrique ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Major life events; Posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HURRICANE; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CYCLONIC STORMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NEW ORLEANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951936085     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-009-0165-6     Document Type: Article

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