Coping, functioning, and adjustment of rescue workers after the Oklahoma City bombing

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 171-175

  North, Carol S ^a   Tivis, Laura ^b   McMillen, J Curtis ^c   Pfefferbaum, Betty ^b   Cox, Jann ^c   Spitznagel, Edward L ^a   Bunch, Kenneth ^d   Schorr, John ^e   Smith, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d Oklahoma City Fire Department   (United States)

^e STETSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorder; Coping; Diagnostic Interview Schedule; Disaster; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Rescue workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISASTER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXPLOSION; FIRE; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERRORISM; TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EXPLOSIONS; FIRES; HUMAN; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGE; OKLAHOMA; RESCUE WORK; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TERRORISM; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035985820     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015286909111     Document Type: Article

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