Children's risk and resilience following a natural disaster: Genetic vulnerability, posttraumatic stress, and depression

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 860-867

  La Greca, Annette M ^a   Lai, Betty S ^a   Joormann, Jutta ^a   Auslander, Beth B ^b   Short, Mary A ^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; Genetics; Posttraumatic stress; Stressors

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HURRICANE; LIFE THREAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL DISASTER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALIVA LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

CHILDREN; DEPRESSION; DISASTERS; GENETICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS; STRESSORS;

ALLELES; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHILD; CYCLONIC STORMS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISASTERS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TEXAS;

EID: 84886719166     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2013.07.024     Document Type: Article

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