Management of acute stress, PTSD, and bereavement: WHO recommendations

JAMA

Volumn 310, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 477-478

  Tol, Wietse A ^a   Barbui, Corrado ^b   Van Ommeren, Mark ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE STRESS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BEREAVEMENT; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL STRESS MANAGEMENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; INSOMNIA; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REBREATHING; RELAXATION TRAINING; SHORT SURVEY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84881250570     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.166723     Document Type: Short Survey

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