The Mental Health of Expatriate and Kosovar Albanian Humanitarian Aid Workers

The mental health consequences of exposure to traumatic events and the risk factors for psychological morbidity among expatriate and Kosovar Albanian humanitarian aid workers have not been well studied. In June 2000, we used standardised screening tools to survey 285 (69.5%) of 410 expatriate aid wo...

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Published in:	Disasters Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 152 - 170
Main Authors:	Cardozo, Barbara Lopes, Holtz, Timothy H., Kaiser, Reinhard, Gotway, Carol A., Ghitis, Frida, Toomey, Estelle, Salama, Peter
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK and Boston, USA Blackwell Science Ltd 01-06-2005
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Albania - ethnology Albanians Altruism Cross-Sectional Studies Data analysis Depression Depression (Psychology) Development programmes Disasters Employment - psychology Expatriates Female Health Health Care Services humanitarian aid workers Humanitarianism Humans Kosovo Male Mental Health Mental Health - statistics & numerical data Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Psychological factors Relief Work Risk Factors Social problems Social Support support services Surveys Surveys and Questionnaires Trauma Workers Yugoslavia - ethnology Yugoslavia Albania
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