Are Community Studies of Psychological Trauma's Impact Accurate? A Study Among Jews and Palestinians

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 599-605

  Hobfoll, Stevan E ^a   Canetti, Daphna ^b   Hall, Brian J ^a,c   Brom, Danny ^d   Palmieri, Patrick A ^c,e   Johnson, Robert J ^f   Pat Horenczyk, Ruth ^d   Galea, Sandro ^g  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma   (Israel)

^e SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f University of Miami   (United States)

^g Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Mass casualty; PTSD; Survey methodology; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARAB; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TELEPSYCHIATRY; TERRORISM; WAR;

ADULT; ARABS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC;

EID: 80052649535     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022817     Document Type: Article

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