Rescuers at risk: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis of the worldwide current prevalence and correlates of PTSD in rescue workers

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1001-1011

  Berger, William ^a,b,c   Coutinho, Evandro Silva Freire ^d   Figueira, Ivan ^a   Marques Portella, Carla ^a   Luz, Mariana Pires ^a   Neylan, Thomas C ^b,c   Marmar, Charles R ^b,c   Mendlowicz, Mauro Vitor ^a,e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Disaster; Meta analysis; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Prevalence; Rescue workers

Indexed keywords

ASIA; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESCUE WORK; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ASIA; EMERGENCY RESPONDERS; EUROPE; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESCUE WORK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84863718708     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-011-0408-2     Document Type: Review

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