A Tale of Two Studies of Two Disasters: Comparing Psychosocial Responses to Disaster Among Oklahoma City Bombing Survivors and Hurricane Katrina Evacuees

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 241-246

  North, Carol S ^a,b  

^a VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Disaster; Hurricane; Mental health; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Substance use disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOMB; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE NEED; HURRICANE; MASS DISASTER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TERRORISM;

EID: 77956503141     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: 19391544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020119     Document Type: Article

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