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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Post-traumatic stress disorder and coping after a natural disaster

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This study examines the role of coping in the onset of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a nonpatient population following exposure to a natural disaster. In contrast to other studies, the use of all coping strategies was found to be associated with the presence of PTSD rather than the absence of symptoms. These data suggest that coping (in this sense) represents a psychological process used to contain the distress caused by symptoms as well as to manage environmental adversity.

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Portraits of survival. A twenty-year follow-up of the children of Buffalo Creek

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Accident and disaster epidemiology

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The psychological treatment of patients with functional somatic symptoms: a practical guide.

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Functional somatic symptoms (FSS) are bodily sensations which do not result from physical disease, but which the patient responds to as if they did. Such symptoms are common and usually transient. In some patients they become persistent and associated with distress and disability. In such cases specific treatment is indicated. A cognitive-behavioural model of the aetiology of FSS and a psychological treatment approach based on the model, are outlined. The practical details of treatment are described.

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Epidemiology of trauma: frequency and impact of different potentially traumatic events on different demographic groups.

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