Mental Health Service Need and Use in the Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy: Findings in a Population-Based Sample of New York City Residents

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 25-31

  Lowe, Sarah R ^a   Sampson, Laura ^b   Gruebner, Oliver ^c   Galea, Sandro ^b  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricane Sandy; Mental health needs; Mental health service utilization; Natural disasters; Posttraumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVOR; UTILIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CYCLONIC STORMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84954366082     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: 15732789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-015-9947-4     Document Type: Article

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