Cumulative exposure to work-related traumatic events and current post-traumatic stress disorder in New York City's first responders

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue , 2017, Pages 134-143

  Geronazzo Alman, Lupo ^a   Eisenberg, Ruth ^a   Shen, Sa ^b   Duarte, Cristiane S ^a   Musa, George J ^a   Wicks, Judith ^a   Fan, Bin ^a   Doan, Thao ^a   Guffanti, Guia ^c   Bresnahan, Michaeline ^a   Hoven, Christina W ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CRITICAL INCIDENT HISTORY QUESTIONNAIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARENTAL STRESS; POLICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY RESPONDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 85011659734     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: 15328384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2016.12.003     Document Type: Article

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