Natural disaster and risk of psychiatric disorders in Puerto Rican children

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 589-600

  Felix, Erika ^a   Hernández, Lino A ^b   Bravo, Milagros ^b   Ramirez, Rafael ^b   Cabiya, Jose ^c   Canino, Glorisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c Carlos Albizu University   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent; Latino youth; Natural disasters; Psychiatric disorders; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLONIC STORMS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; RISK;

EID: 79955700721     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-010-9483-1     Document Type: Article

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