A study of stress affecting police officers in Lithuania

International Journal of Emergency Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 205-214

  Žukauskas, Gediminas ^a   Burba, Benjaminas ^b   Rukšenas, Osvaldas ^c   Grigaliuniene, Viktorija ^b   Mitchell, Jeffrey T ^d  

^a National Service of Forensic Psychiatrye   (Lithuania)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Gender; Police; Stress; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLICE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951173999     PISSN: 15224821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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