Sense of coherence is linked to post-traumatic growth after critical incidents in Austrian ambulance personnel

Abstract Background Ambulance personnel, as well as other emergency services like fire-fighters or the police force, are regularly confronted with experiences of extreme psychological distress and potentially traumatizing events in the line of their daily duties. As a consequence, this occupational...

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Main Authors: Klemens Ragger, Michaela Hiebler-Ragger, Günter Herzog, Hans-Peter Kapfhammer, Human Friedrich Unterrainer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-019-2065-z