Orienting psychiatrists to working in emergencies: A WPA-WHO workshop

World Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-122

  Van Ommeren, Mark ^a   Jones, Lynne ^b   Mears, Jessica ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 80053216212     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2051-5545.2010.tb00290.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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