Frequency and severity approaches to indexing exposure to trauma: The Critical Incident History Questionnaire for police officers

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 734-743

  Weiss, Daniel S ^a   Brunet, Alain ^b   Best, Suzanne R ^c   Metzler, Thomas J ^d   Liberman, Akiva ^e   Pole, Nnamdi ^f   Fagan, Jeffrey A ^g   Marmar, Charles R ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Lewis and Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^h NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78650235837     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20576     Document Type: Article

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