Open AccessPsychiatric Disorders Among Survivors of the Oklahoma City Bombing
Author(s) -
Carol S. North
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.282.8.755
Subject(s) - medicine , psychiatry , comorbidity , psychopathology , suicide prevention , injury prevention , mental health , traumatic stress , poison control , acute stress disorder , occupational safety and health , posttraumatic stress , medical emergency , pathology
Disasters expose unselected populations to traumatic events and can be used to study the mental health effects. The Oklahoma City, Okla, bombing is particularly significant for the study of mental health sequelae of trauma because its extreme magnitude and scope have been predicted to render profound psychiatric effects on survivors.
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