Perceptions of psychological first aid among providers responding to Hurricanes Gustav and Ike

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 509-513

  Allen, Brian ^a   Brymer, Melissa J ^a   Steinberg, Alan M ^a   Vernberg, Eric M ^b   Jacobs, Anne ^b   Speier, Anthony H ^c   Pynoos, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRISIS INTERVENTION; CURRICULUM; DISASTER; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CRISIS INTERVENTION; CURRICULUM; CYCLONIC STORMS; DATA COLLECTION; DISASTERS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TEXAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78249250564     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20539     Document Type: Article

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