Attachment and compassion fatigue among american and israeli mental health clinicians working with traumatized victims of terrorism

International Journal of Emergency Mental Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-124

  Racanelli, Christine ^a,b  

^a Riverdale Mental Health Association ^*  (United States)

^b Riverdale Mental Health Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Clinicians; Collective trauma; Compassion fatigue; Terrorist victims

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPATHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ISRAEL; MALE; MANPOWER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBJECT RELATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EMPATHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEW YORK CITY; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22544448102     PISSN: 15224821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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