Postdisaster course of alcohol use disorders in systematically studied survivors of 10 disasters

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-180

  North, Carol S ^a,b   Ringwalt, Christopher L ^c   Downs, Dana ^a   Derzon, Jim ^d   Galvin, Deborah ^e  

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

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

^c PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^d BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE; DISASTER; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTERS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951500473     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.131     Document Type: Article

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