Post-traumatic stress disorder in an emergency department population one year after hurricane Katrina

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 76-82

  Mills, Lisa D ^a   Mills, Trevor J ^b,c   MacHt, Marlow ^d   Levitan, Rachel ^e   De Wulf, Annelies ^b,c   Afonso, Natasha S ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

disaster response; hurricane Katrina; post traumatic stress disorder; public health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEATH; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHTMARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RELIEF WORK; SCREENING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ORLEANS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84864019525     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.06.124     Document Type: Article

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