Journalists' and media professionals' attitudes to PTSD and help-seeking: A descriptive study

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 543-548

  Greenberg, Neil ^a   Gould, Matthew ^b   Langston, Vicky ^a   Brayne, Mark ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HM Naval Base   (United Kingdom)

^c Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma (Europe)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Help seeking; Journalism; Mental health; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STIGMA;

EID: 73349091232     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: 13600567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638230903191231     Document Type: Article

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