Practitioner perceptions of Skills for Psychological Recovery: A training programme for health practitioners in the aftermath of the Victorian bushfires

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1105-1111

  Forbes, David ^a   Fletcher, Susan ^a   Wolfgang, Bronwyn ^a   Varker, Tracey ^a   Creamer, Mark ^a   Brymer, Melissa J ^b   Ruzek, Josef I ^c   Watson, Patricia ^b,d   Bryant, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

disaster; skills for psychological recovery; trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DISASTER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL NETWORK; THINKING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISASTERS; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FIRES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 78449307272     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048674.2010.513674     Document Type: Article

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