The influence of clinicians' previous trauma exposure on their assessment of child abuse risk

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 198, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 614-618

  Regehr, Cheryl ^a   Leblanc, Vicki ^a   Shlonsky, Aron ^a   Bogo, Marion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child abuse; post traumatic stress; risk assessment; workplace trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EXPERIENCE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; WORKPLACE; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77957027434     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181ef349e     Document Type: Article

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