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.
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