Characteristics of emergency services personnel related to peritraumatic dissociation during critical incident exposure

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 94-102

  Marmar, Charles R ^a   Weiss, Daniel S ^a   Metzler, Thomas J ^a   Delucchi, Kevin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMOTION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA;

EID: 0029900912     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.7.94     Document Type: Article

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