Addictions and the criminal justice system, what happens on the other side? Post-traumatic stress symptoms and cortisol measures in a police cohort

Journal of Addictions Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-29

  Austin Ketch, Tammy L ^a   Violanti, John ^a   Fekedulegn, Desta ^b   Andrew, Michael E ^b   Burchfield, Cecil M ^b   Hartley, Tara A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

cortisol; criminal justice; occupation cohort; Post traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLICE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84857802780     PISSN: 10884602     EISSN: 15487148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10884602.2011.645255     Document Type: Article

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