The effects of direct versus witnessed threat on emergency department healthcare workers: Implications for PTSD Criterion A

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1337-1346

  Alden, Lynn E ^a   Regambal, Marci J ^a   Laposa, Judith M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive processes; Emergency department medical staff; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY WARD; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOANALYSIS; THREAT;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; COGNITION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 53149121011     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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