This literature review aims to critically analyse contemporary research that explores the psychological impact of real-life TAs on paramedics within the prehospital environment to answer the question:...
Using the EBSCOhost service, a search was conducted using the MEDLINE, CINAHL, the Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection and the APA PsycInfo databases. A further search was conducted on...
In 1994, DSM–IV replaced DSM–III, with a major change being the implementation of clinical-significance criterion to almost half of the identified mental disorders, including PTSD (Breslau and...
A methodical literature search using well known related databases was undertaken to acquire access to a sufficient information pool, enabling the exploration and formulation of practice...
Reducing PTSD among emergency ambulance personnel can be achieved by identifying the symptoms and providing the relevant and best treatment options available. The ambulance service has an obligation...
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