Witnessing trauma in the newsroom: Posttraumatic symptoms in television journalists exposed to violent news clips

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 264-271

  Weidmann, Anke ^a   Papsdorf, Jenny ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intrusive memories; Journalists; Media; Occupational health; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PUBLISHING; TELEVISION; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AUSTRIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JOURNALISM; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SWITZERLAND; TELEVISION; VIDEO RECORDING; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77951202199     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181d612bf     Document Type: Article

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