Childhood abuse may be more common in paramedics than in other healthcare workers, at least in women.
Childhood abuse and neglect is associated with acute stress responses to critical incidents and to current physical and mental symptoms.
These results are based on a low response rate and may not be generalisable.
2012-02-16
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Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Hospital and University of Toronto, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada. rmaunder [at] mtsinai.on.ca
Emerg Med J. 2012 Mar;29(3):222-7
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