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Reactions of police officers to body-handling after a major disaster : a before-and-after comparison.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: [United Kingdom : s.n.], 1991Description: [9 p.]DDC classification:
  • 155.937 21
Subject: Reports the results of an study of police offficers who were involved in body-handling duties following the Piper Alpha disaster, and for whom there were available data from pre-disaster assessments. In addition, they were compared with a matched control group not involved in these duties. The comparisons failed to demonstrate high levels of post-traumatic stress or psychiatric morbidity. The results are interpreted in terms of the officers' own coping strategies, and major organisational and managerial factors
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References: p. 554-555

Reprinted from: British Journal of Psychiatry; 1991; no. 159; p. 547-555

Reports the results of an study of police offficers who were involved in body-handling duties following the Piper Alpha disaster, and for whom there were available data from pre-disaster assessments. In addition, they were compared with a matched control group not involved in these duties. The comparisons failed to demonstrate high levels of post-traumatic stress or psychiatric morbidity. The results are interpreted in terms of the officers' own coping strategies, and major organisational and managerial factors

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