Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts in a Nationwide Sample of Operational Norwegian Ambulance Personnel

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 406-414

  Sterud, Tom ^a   Hem, Erlend ^a   Lau, Bjørn ^b   Ekeberg, Øivind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Emergency Medical Services; Emergency Medical Technicians; Help seeking; Personality; Psychological; Stress; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NORWAY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; AMBULANCES; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NORWAY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; VALUE OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649117248     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.L8025     Document Type: Article

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