Psychiatry Research
Volume 151, Issue 1 , Pages 77-86 , 30 May 2007

Stress and coping responses to a natural disaster in people with schizophrenia

  • William P. Horan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences 300 UCLA Medical Plaza, Room 2240 Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Tel.: +1 310 206 8181; fax: +1 310 206 3651.
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  • Joseph Ventura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Jim Mintz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Alex Kopelowicz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • San Fernando Mental Health Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Donna Wirshing

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center, Los Angles, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Jennifer Christian-Herman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • ,
  • David Foy

      Affiliations

    • Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Robert P. Liberman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center, Los Angles, CA, USA

Received 23 December 2005 ,Revised 31 July 2006 ,Accepted 24 October 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.10.009

Psychiatry Research
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