Mental health needs of disaster volunteers: A plea for awareness

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-54

  Adams, Lavonne M ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster response; Mental health; Stress; Voluntary organizations; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RED CROSS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NATURAL DISASTERS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; RED CROSS; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 33846502275     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: 17446163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2007.00107.x     Document Type: Review

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