TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1991//
TI  - Reactions of police officers to body-handling after a major disaster. A before-and-after comparison
JO  - British journal of psychiatry
A1  - Alexander, D. A.
A1  - Wells, Adrian
SP  - 547
EP  - 555
VL  - 159
IS  - 
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0007-1250
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -