Viewing human remains following disaster: helpful or harmful?

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Peripheral victims of the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster

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Increased substance use in survivors of the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster

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Control and intrusive memories as possible determinants of chronic stress

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Implications of psychological research on stress and technological accidents

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Stress among police body handlers. A long-term follow-up

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Thirty-five police officers were followed up three years after they had been first assessed following their involvement in the retrieval and identification of human remains after a major disaster. Most of these officers were free from signs of psychiatric morbidity. Organisational and managerial practices appear to be powerful antidotes to adverse post-traumatic reactions. In this study the use of a longitudinal design, with a pre-disaster baseline and a control group, suggests that these are robust findings.

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Psychosocial care and shelter following the Bijlmermeer air disaster

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Plane crash crisis intervention: a preliminary report from the Bijlmermeer, Amsterdam

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The epidemiology of disasters and adverse reproductive outcomes: lessons learned

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The effects of a natural disaster on child behavior: evidence for posttraumatic stress

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A prospective study of children examined both before and after a flood disaster in Bangladesh is used to test the hypothesis that stressful events play a causal role in the development of behavioral disorders in children.

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Six months before the disaster, structured measures of selected behavioral problems were made during an epidemiological study of disability among 2- to 9-year-old children. Five months after the disaster, a representative sample of 162 surviving children was reevaluated.

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