Children's symptoms of posttraumatic stress and depression after a natural disaster: Comorbidity and risk factors

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-78

  Lai, Betty S ^a   La Greca, Annette M ^a   Auslander, Beth A ^b   Short, Mary B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Depression; Disasters; Posttraumatic stress; Stressors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL DISASTER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CYCLONIC STORMS; DEPRESSION; DISASTERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84874548366     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2012.08.041     Document Type: Article

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