Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in canine search and rescue teams
Matthias Gelb, Medical Director of the TCRH Training Center Rescue and Help, as co-author of a study in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Study title
The original title of the study conducted in 2019-2020 is: “Buffering PTSD in Canine Search and Rescue Teams? Associations with Resilience, Sense of Coherence, and Societal Acknowledgment”
Objective of the investigation
The study examines whether risks from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are mitigated in canine search and rescue teams and whether factors such as resilience, a sense of coherence and social recognition are partly responsible for this.
Authors
Milena Kaufmann
Division of Psychopathology and Clinical Intervention, University of Zurich, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland;
milena.kaufmann@gmail.com
Matthias Yellow
TCRH Training Center Rescue and Help Mosbach, 74821 Mosbach, Germany; aerztlicher-direkt@tcrh.de
Mareike Augsburger
Division of Psychopathology and Clinical Intervention, University of Zurich, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland;'
m.augsburger@psychologie.uzh.ch
Contact for inquiries about the study
m.augsburger@psychologie.uzh.ch; Tel: +41-44-635-7305
Study as a PDF document
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