Secondary traumatic stress among mental health providers working with the military: Prevalence and its work- and exposure-related correlates

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 201, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 917-925

  Cieslak, Roman ^a,b   Anderson, Valerie ^a   Bock, Judith ^a   Moore, Bret A ^c   Peterson, Alan L ^d   Benight, Charles C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^c Southern Regional Medical Command   (United States)

^d Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Indirect exposure to trauma; Mental health providers; Military trauma; Secondary traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ARMY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BATTLE INJURY; DSM-IV-TR; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; JOB STRESS; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORKER; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; RECEPTORS, LH; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84887743028     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000034     Document Type: Article

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