Studying the prevalence and predictors of psychiatric disorders among adolescent disaster survivors

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Carol S North. Evid Based Ment Health. 2015 May.

. 2015 May;18(2):54.

doi: 10.1136/eb-2014-101998. Epub 2015 Feb 4.

¹ VA North Texas Health Care System and The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA; Carol.North@UTSouthwestern.edu.

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Prevalence and predictors of PTSD and depression among adolescent victims of the Spring 2011 tornado outbreak.
Adams ZW, Sumner JA, Danielson CK, McCauley JL, Resnick HS, Grös K, Paul LA, Welsh KE, Ruggiero KJ. Adams ZW, et al. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2014 Sep;55(9):1047-55. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12220. Epub 2014 Feb 28. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2014. PMID: 24580551 Free PMC article.

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