Study on the psychological effects of disasters on operational personnel.

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Lamontagne, Helene

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: [Canada] : Emergency Planning Canada, [1984?]Description: 36 pSubject(s):

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155.935 21

Subject: Literature on psychological effects on emergency workers is almost non-existent. However, interviews with emergency workers and visits to ongoing emergency sites were more fruitful. The study confirms the existence of psychological problems among operational personnel at the scene of a disaster, and considers some measures to take to avoid, or at least attenuate, such symptoms

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"Research done by Dr Helene Lamontagne for Emergency Planning Canada, under SSC Contract No. 20ST-57III-3-A20, dated December 30, 1983"

Literature on psychological effects on emergency workers is almost non-existent. However, interviews with emergency workers and visits to ongoing emergency sites were more fruitful. The study confirms the existence of psychological problems among operational personnel at the scene of a disaster, and considers some measures to take to avoid, or at least attenuate, such symptoms

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