Police killings and their spillover effects on the mental health of black Americans: a population-based, quasi-experimental study

The Lancet

Volumn 392, Issue 10144, 2018, Pages 302-310

  Bor, Jacob ^a   Venkataramani, Atheendar S ^b   Williams, David R ^c   Tsai, Alexander C ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POLICE; POLICE KILLING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HOMICIDE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NON-RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; POLICE; RACISM; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85048730160     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31130-9     Document Type: Article

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