Psychiatry and terrorism: The profession's role in disaster response planning

International Journal of Emergency Mental Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 197-204

  McCabe, O Lee ^a,c   Everly Jr , George S ^b   Kaminsky, Michael J ^a   Siegel, Everett R ^a   Heitt, Michael C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster planning; Disaster psychiatry; Disaster response; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPETENCE; CONFLICT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; TERRORISM; WAR;

DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PSYCHIATRY; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 11844304196     PISSN: 15224821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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