Social and occupational factors associated with psychological distress and disorder among disaster responders: A systematic review

BMC Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Brooks, Samantha K ^a   Dunn, Rebecca ^a   Amlôt, Richard ^b   Greenberg, Neil ^a   James Rubin, G ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disaster response; Disasters; Psychological impact; Systematic review; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; EMOTION; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIEF WORK; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

DISASTERS; EMERGENCY RESPONDERS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; RELIEF WORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85008477677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20507283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40359-016-0120-9     Document Type: Article

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