Mental health of those directly exposed to the World Trade Center disaster: Unmet mental health care need, Mental health treatment service use, And quality of life

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 110-114

  Brackbill, Robert M ^a   Stellman, Steven D ^a,b   Perlman, Sharon E ^a   Walker, Deborah J ^a   Farfel, Mark R ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Mental health service use; Multinomial logistic regression; Unmet mental health care need; WTC disaster

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERRORISM; WORLD TRADE CENTER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874331251     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.12.016     Document Type: Article

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