Lessons learned about psychosocial responses to disaster and mass trauma: An international perspective

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Reifels, Lennart ^a   Pietrantoni, Luca ^b   Prati, Gabriele ^b   Kim, Yoshiharu ^c   Kilpatrick, Dean G ^d   Dyb, Grete ^e   Halpern, James ^f   Olff, Miranda ^g,h   Brewin, Chris R ⁱ   O'Donnell, Meaghan ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^h Arq Psychotrauma Expert Center   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Disaster planning; Disasters; Mental health; Psychosocial; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976888667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v4i0.22897     Document Type: Article

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