Neural Reactivity to Emotional Stimuli Prospectively Predicts the Impact of a Natural Disaster on Psychiatric Symptoms in Children

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 381-389

  Kujawa, Autumn ^a   Hajcak, Greg ^b   Danzig, Allison P ^b   Black, Sarah R ^b   Bromet, Evelyn J ^c   Carlson, Gabrielle A ^c   Kotov, Roman ^c   Klein, Daniel N ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Event related potentials; Externalizing; Internalizing; Natural disaster; Stress; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NATURAL DISASTER; NEW YORK; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; BRAIN MAPPING; DISASTER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; DISASTERS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW YORK CITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84990220857     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.09.008     Document Type: Article

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