Services provided by volunteer psychiatrists after 9/11 at the New York city family assistance center: September 12-November 20, 2001

Journal of Psychiatric Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 193-199

  Pandya, Anand ^a,e   Katz, Craig L ^b,e   Smith, Rebecca ^b,e   Ng, Anthony T ^c,e   Tafoya, Michael ^b,e   Holmes, Anastasia ^e   North, Carol S ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Disaster Psychiatry Outreach   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis counseling; Disaster psychiatry; Mental health outreach; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychiatric services; Psychological first aid; Terrorism; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RISPERIDONE;

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISASTER MEDICINE; DRUG ABUSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FIRST AID; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHIATRIST; RESCUE WORK; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRISIS INTERVENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PSYCHIATRY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RELIEF WORK; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC, ACUTE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVIVORS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952794425     PISSN: 15274160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pra.0000375717.77831.83     Document Type: Article

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