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Reactions of Police Officers to Body-Handling after a Major Disaster a Before-and-After Comparison
Abstract
This study reports the results of an unusual opportunity to follow up a group of police officers 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, after these duties, the officers were compared with a matched control group of officers who had not been involved in such work. The comparisons failed to demonstrate high levels of post-traumatic distress or psychiatric morbidity. The results are interpreted in terms of issues such as the officers' own coping strategies, and major organisational and managerial factors.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Alexander, D. A., & Wells, A.
- Venue
- British Journal of Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Published
- 1991-10
- Volume
- 159
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 547-555
- ISSN
- 0007-1250 (ISSN-L)
- 1472-1465
- OpenAlex
- W2111216701
- Cited by
- 244
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 11.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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