Prevalence and mental health outcomes of homicide survivors in a representative US sample of adolescents: Data from the 2005 National Survey of Adolescents

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 687-694

  Rheingold, Alyssa A ^a   Zinzow, Heidi ^b   Hawkins, Alesia ^a   Saunders, Benjamin E ^a   Kilpatrick, Dean G ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; depression; Homicide survivors; mental health; posttraumatic stress disorder; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84861336745     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02491.x     Document Type: Review

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