A Study of behavioural responses to an industrial disaster.
Material type: TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1980Description: 12 p. : illSubject: The majority of the subjects exposed to the severe disaster trauma reacted immediately in adequate ways. The cognitive impairments in many subjects were often neutralized by corrective social interactions. Disturbed disaster responses could be classified according to activity level, from paralysed or inhibited reactions to motoric hyperactivity with uncontrolled flight behaviour. Both types may be costly in terms of lives. The finding that the level of disaster training/experience is the strongest predictor of disaster behavioural responses is of importance both for the selection of personnel and for strategies to increase survival rates, rescue ability and for primary prevention of PTSDItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Reprinted from Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavia Supplement; No. 355; 1989; Vol. 80; pp13-24
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The majority of the subjects exposed to the severe disaster trauma reacted immediately in adequate ways. The cognitive impairments in many subjects were often neutralized by corrective social interactions. Disturbed disaster responses could be classified according to activity level, from paralysed or inhibited reactions to motoric hyperactivity with uncontrolled flight behaviour. Both types may be costly in terms of lives. The finding that the level of disaster training/experience is the strongest predictor of disaster behavioural responses is of importance both for the selection of personnel and for strategies to increase survival rates, rescue ability and for primary prevention of PTSD
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