Unmet mental health care need 10-11 years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks: 2011-2012 results from the World Trade Center Health Registry

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ghuman, Sharon J ^a   Brackbill, Robert M ^a   Stellman, Steven D ^a,b   Farfel, Mark R ^a   Cone, James E ^a  

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

^b Department of Epidemiology Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to mental health care; Comorbid PTSD and depression; Depression; Functional impairment; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); September 11, 2001, 9 11; Unmet mental health care need; World Trade Center disaster

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; REGISTER; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERRORISM; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902547574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-491     Document Type: Article

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