Psychosocial resilience and its influence on managing mass emergencies and disasters

Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 293-296

  Williams, Richard ^a,b   Drury, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

collective resilience; crowds; disasters; disorders; distress; emergencies; personal resilience; psychological first aid; psychosocial resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; COLLECTIVE RESILIENCE; CROWDING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMERGENCY; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER; MENTAL DISEASE; PANIC; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONAL RESILIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL RESILIENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 67651102683     PISSN: 14761793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mppsy.2009.04.019     Document Type: Review

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