Mass violence and early mental health intervention: A proposed application of best practice guidelines to chemical, biological, and radiological attacks

Military Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 575-579

  Ritchie, Elspeth Cameron ^a   Friedman, Matthew ^b,c   Watson, Patricia ^b,c   Ursano, Robert ^a   Wessely, Simon ^d   Flynn, Brian ^e  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CIVIL DEFENSE; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORBIDITY; PHYSICIAN; PLANNING; POLITICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC WARFARE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CLASSIFICATION; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DISASTER PLANNING; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; TERRORISM; TIME;

BIOTERRORISM; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NUCLEAR WARFARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 7044249408     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.169.8.575     Document Type: Review

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