How does negative life change following disaster response impact distress among Red Cross responders?

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 246-253

  McCaslin, Shannon E ^a,b,c,f   Jacobs, Gerard A ^a,d   Meyer, David L ^a,d   Johnson Jimenez, Erika ^a,e   Metzler, Thomas J ^b   Marmar, Charles R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Veterans Affairs Medical Center ^*

^e Forensic Health Services   (Mexico)

^f SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disasters; Mental health; Red Cross; Stressful life events; Terrorism psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 23444453862     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.36.3.246     Document Type: Review

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