Debriefing, social support and PTSD in the New Zealand police: Testing a multidimensional model of organisational traumatic stress

Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies

Volumn 1997, Issue 1, 1997, Pages

  Stephens, Christine ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Debriefing; Police social support; PTSD; Recovery environment; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010815524     PISSN: 11744707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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