Re-examining the role of the traumatic stressor and the trajectory of posttraumatic distress in the wake of disaster

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Nucifora, Frederick C ^a   Hall, Ryan C ^b   Everly, George S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NOTE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESCUE PERSONNEL; TERRORISM;

CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY RESPONDERS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FIREFIGHTERS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 80052737325     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/dmp.2011.51     Document Type: Review

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