Genre
- Journal Article
Contributors
Author: Regehr, Cheryl
Author: Jelley, R. Blake
Author: Barath, Irene
Author: LeBlanc, Vicki R.
Date Issued
2007
Abstract
Research has increasingly identified alarming levels of traumatic stress symptoms in individuals working in emergency services and other high stress jobs. This study examined the effects of prior critical incident exposure and current posttraumatic symptoms on the performance of a non-patient population, police recruits, during an acutely stressful event.
Note
LeBlanc, Vicki R., Wilson Centre, 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5G 2C4, vicki.leblanc@utoronto.ca
US
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Language
- English
Subjects
- Police Personnel
- Stress
- acutely stressful event
- current posttraumatic symptoms
- police recruits
- Emotional Trauma
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Page range
701-704
Host Title
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
Host Abbreviated Title
J.Nerv.Ment.Dis.
Volume
195
Issue
8
ISSN
1539-736X
0022-3018