Growing up in the shadow of Chornobyl: Adolescents' risk perceptions and mental health

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 393-402

  Bromet, Evelyn J ^a   Guey, Lin T ^a   Taormina, David P ^b   Carlson, Gabrielle A ^a   Havenaar, Johan M ^c   Kotov, Roman ^a   Gluzman, Semyon F ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Altrecht Institute for Mental Health Care   (Netherlands)

^d Ukrainian Psychiatric Association   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Chornobyl; Disaster; Mental health; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DISASTER; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UKRAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISASTERS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UKRAINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956139774     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0203-5     Document Type: Article

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