Identification and measurement of work-related psychological injury: Piloting the psychological injury risk indicator among frontline police

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1057-1065

  Winwood, Peter C ^a   Tuckey, Michelle R ^a   Peters, Roger ^a,b   Dollard, Maureen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AS Consultant and Clinical Psychologists   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL INJURY RISK INDICATOR; PSYCHOLOGIST; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PILOT PROJECTS; POLICE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70349665403     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181b2f3d8     Document Type: Article

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