The influence of occupational debriefing on post-traumatic stress symptomatology in traumatized police officers

British Journal of Medical Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-98

  Carlier, I V E ^a   Voerman, A E ^a   Gersons, B P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 6144287076     PISSN: 00071129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000711200160327     Document Type: Article

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