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Posttraumatic stress responses in bereaved children after the Oklahoma City bombing by Pfefferbaum, B, Nixon, S J, Tucker, P M, Tivis, R D, Moore, V L, Gurwitch, R H, Pynoos, R S, Geis, H K

“…To investigate the responses of middle and high school students exposed to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing across a spectrum of loss. A questionnaire measuring…”
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Clinical Needs Assessment of Middle and High School Students Following the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing by Pfefferbaum, Betty, Nixon, Sara Jo, Krug, Ronald S., Tivis, Rick D., Moore, Vern L., Brown, Janice M., Pynoos, Robert S., Foy, David, Gurwitch, Robin H.

“…OBJECTIVE: This clinical assessment was designed to identify middle and high school students in need of formal evaluation for posttraumatic response symptoms…”
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Posttraumatic Stress Among Young Children After the Death of a Friend or Acquaintance in a Terrorist Bombing by Pfefferbaum, Betty, Gurwitch, Robin H., McDonald, Nicholas B., Leftwich, Michael J. T., Sconzo, Guy M., Messenbaugh, Anne K., Schultz, Rosemary A.

“…The effects of traumatic loss on children who reported a friend or acquaintance killed in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing of a federal office building were…”
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The impact of trauma and disaster on young children by Gurwitch, R H, Sullivan, M A, Long, P J

“…In the past few decades, the study of the impact of trauma and disaster on children has grown; however, information about the effects on very young children is…”
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Television Exposure in Children after a Terrorist Incident by Pfefferbaum, Betty, Nixon, Sara Jo, Tivis, Rick D., Doughty, Debby E., Pynoos, Robert S., Gurwitch, Robin H., Foy, David W.

“…This study examined the influence of bomb-related television viewing in the context of physical and emotional exposure on posttraumatic stress…”
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Posttraumatic Stress and Functional Impairment in Kenyan Children Following the 1998 American Embassy Bombing by Pfefferbaum, Betty, Doughty, Debby E, Gurwitch, Robin H, North, Carol S, Fullerton, Carol S, Kyula, Jane

“…This study examined a convenience sample of 562 Nairobi school children exposed to the 1998 bombing of the American Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. Posttraumatic…”
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Prevalence and diagnostic reliability of methadone maintenance detoxification fear by Milby, J B, Gurwitch, R H, Wiebe, D J, Ling, W, McLellan, A T, Woody, G E

“…The authors identified a pathological fear of methadone detoxification in 22%, 25%, and 32% of random samples of patients in three disparate methadone…”
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Impact of a summer camp experience on daily activity and family interactions among children with cancer by Smith, K E, Gotlieb, S, Gurwitch, R H, Blotcky, A D

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Case finding and mental health services for children in the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing by Pfefferbaum, Betty, Sconzo, Guy M, Flynn, Brian W, Kearns, Lauri J, Doughty, Debby E, Gurwitch, Robin H, Nixon, Sara Jo, Nawaz, Shajitha

“…The 1995 Oklahoma City bombing killed 168 people, including 19 children, and injured hundreds more. Children were a major focus of concern in the mental health…”
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Behavioral assessment of narcotic detoxification fear by Raczynski, J M, Wiebe, D J, Milby, J B, Gurwitch, R H

“…Recent data reveal that only a small number of opioid addicts who attempt to detoxify from methadone maintenance programs will be successful. An irrational…”
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Assessing pathological detoxification fear among methadone maintenance patients: the DFSS by Milby, J B, Gurwitch, R H, Hohmann, A A, Wiebe, D J, Ling, W, McLellan, A T, Woody, G E

“…This study assessed the reliability, validity, discriminative accuracy, and factor structure of the Detoxification Fear Survey Schedule (DFSS). Prevalence of…”
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Assessing perceptions of dental health behavior by McCallum, D M, McCallum, R, Gurwitch, R H, Joyce, M

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Television exposure in children after a terrorist incident by Pfefferbaum, B, Nixon, S J, Tivis, R D, Doughty, D E, Pynoos, R S, Gurwitch, R H, Foy, D W

“…Examines the influence of bomb-related television viewing in the context of physical and emotional exposure on posttraumatic stress symptoms in middle school…”
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Exposure and peritraumatic response as predictors of posttraumatic stress in children following the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing by Pfefferbaum, Betty, Doughty, Debby E, Reddy, Chandrashekar, Patel, Nilam, Gurwitch, Robin H, Nixon, Sara Jo, Tivis, Rick D

“…Studies have demonstrated a positive relationship between exposure and posttraumatic stress, but one's subjective appraisal of danger and threat at the time of…”
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The role of exposure in posttraumatic stress in youths following the 1995 bombing by Pfefferbaum, B, Moore, V L, McDonald, N B, Maynard, B T, Gurwitch, R H, Nixon, S J

“…This study investigated the relative impact of various forms of exposure to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing in middle and high school students seven weeks after…”
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Trauma, Grief and Depression in Nairobi Children After the 1998 Bombing of the American Embassy by Pfefferbaum, Betty, North, Carol S., Doughty, Debby E., Pfefferbaum, Rose L., Dumont, Cedric E., Pynoos, Robert S., Gurwitch, Robin H., Ndetei, David

“…Despite the increasingly dangerous world where trauma and loss are common, relatively few studies have explored traumatic grief in children. The 1998 American…”
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Teachers' Psychological Reactions 7 Weeks After the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing by Pfefferbaum, Betty, Pfefferbaum, Rose L, Gurwitch, Robin H, Doughty, Debby E, Pynoos, Robert S, Foy, David W, Brandt, Edward N, Reddy, Chandrashekar

“…This study assessed teachers' reactions to the Oklahoma City bombing. Peritraumatic reactions, the interaction of media exposure with stress from media…”
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In the face of tragedy: Placing children's reactions to trauma in a new context by Gurwitch, Robin H., Kees, Michelle, Becker, Steven M.

“…The terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, have moved our country into a new era. In the aftermath of the attacks, and with the…”
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Teachers in the Aftermath of Terrorism: A Case Study of One New York City School by Pfefferbaum, Rose L., Fairbrother, Gerry, Brandt, Edward N., Robertson, Madeline J., Gurwitch, Robin H., Stuber, Jennifer, Pfefferbaum, Betty

“…Teachers are frequently expected to support children psychologically in the aftermath of mass casualty events, yet they generally have not been trained to do…”
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Assessment of a New Procedure to Prevent Timeout Escape in Preschoolers by McNeil, Cheryl Bodiford

“…Many agencies provide parent training to groups for whom spanking as a response to timeout escape is not an option. An alternative was developed, the…”
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