Vicarious traumatization: Potential hazards and interventions for disaster and trauma workers

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-78

  Palm, Kathleen M ^a   Polusny, Melissa A ^b   Follette, Victoria M ^c  

^a BUTLER HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

disaster workers; job related stress; journalists; mental health professionals; natural disasters; post traumatic stress reactions; secondary traumatization; terrorism; vicarious traumatization

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; TERRORISM;

DISASTERS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; JOURNALISM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RELIEF WORK; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM;

EID: 6044229785     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00001503     Document Type: Article

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