Posttraumatic stress disorder and complex posttraumatic stress disorder in UK police officers
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Post-traumatic stress disorder in UK police officers.
Prevalence rates for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in police officers may be six or more times the prevalence rates for the community. Once established, is PTSD in police officers more severe than PTSD in civilians? This small study looks at the symptom frequencies in established cases of PTSD in 31 police officers and 72 civilians and compares the two. No significant differences were f...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychological Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0033-2917,1469-8978
DOI: 10.1017/s0033291720003025