Understanding the mental health effects of indirect exposure to mass trauma through the media

JAMA

Volumn 306, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1374-1375

  Neria, Yuval ^a,b,c   Sullivan, Gregory M ^a,c  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPOSURE; FEAR; HUMAN; LEARNING; MASS MEDIUM; MENTAL HEALTH; NOTE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REINFORCEMENT; RISK FACTOR; TELEVISION VIEWING; TERRORISM;

EID: 80053215136     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1358     Document Type: Note

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