First responders: Mental health consequences of natural and human-made disasters for public health and public safety workers

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue , 2007, Pages 55-68

  Benedek, David M ^a   Fullerton, Carol ^a   Ursano, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical incident; Disaster; Public health workers; Traumatic stress response

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISASTER; EPIDEMIC; FIRE FIGHTER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HEALTH; POLICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; TERRORISM; VOLUNTEER;

DISASTERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RESCUE WORK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM;

EID: 34249651212     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.28.021406.144037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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