A mixed-methods assessment of the experiences of lay mental health workers in postearthquake Haiti

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 152-163

  James, Leah Emily ^a,c   Noel, John Roger ^b   Pierre, Yves Merry Roche Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Aristide Foundation for Democracy   (Haïti)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COOPERATION; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; GROWTH; HAITI; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; NATURAL DISASTER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SECONDARY TRAUMA; SELF CONCEPT; SELF WORTH; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SURVIVOR; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE; DISASTER; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902987017     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0099387     Document Type: Article

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