A systematic literature search on psychological first aid: Lack of evidence to develop guidelines

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Dieltjens, Tessa ^a   Moonens, Inge ^b   Van Praet, Koen ^b   De Buck, Emmy ^a   Vekerckhove, Philippe ^a,c,d  

^a Centre for Evidence Based Practice Belgian Red Cross Flanders   (Belgium)

^b Psychosocial Intervention Service Belgian Red Cross Flanders   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FIRST AID; HUMAN; HURRICANE; NATURAL DISASTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST AID; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERRORISM; TRAINING; TRAUMATIC SHOCK; DISASTER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROCEDURES;

DISASTERS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FIRST AID; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84917708910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114714     Document Type: Review

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