Psychological interventions following terrorist attacks

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-22

  Mansdorf, Irwin J ^a  

^a Weinberg Institute   (Israel)

Author keywords

Debriefing; Intervention; Psychological; Resilience; Social support; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANXIETY; CLINICAL STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY SEVERITY; EMOTIONALITY; FIRST AID; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TERRORISM; VICTIM;

COUNSELING; CRISIS INTERVENTION; HUMANS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM;

EID: 57749169663     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldn041     Document Type: Review

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