Specific Populations and Trauma Types: Emergency Services Personnel and PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) | NLM

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Specific Populations and Trauma Types: Emergency Services Personnel and PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)

03/01/2019 12:00 AM EST

Source: Phoenix Australia - Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health. Published: 3/2019. This four-page information sheet addresses background issues and provides post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) presentation, assessment, and treatment recommendations for practitioners working with emergency services personnel. Given that cumulative trauma exposure is associated with increased risk of disorder, long-term emergency services employees may be more likely than new recruits to develop mental health problems such as PTSD. (PDF)