Traumatic events in the workplace: Impact on psychopathology and healthcare use of police officers

International Journal of Emergency Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 165-176

  Martin, Mélissa ^a   Marchand, André ^c,d   Boyer, Richard ^d  

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^b Canada

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coping; Hardiness; Healthcare; Mental health; Police; Posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POLICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLICE; QUEBEC; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77951172170     PISSN: 15224821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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