Work-related factors in the etiology of symptoms of post-traumatic stress among first responders: the Brazilian Firefighters Longitudinal Health Study (FLoHS)

• Main Authors: Alina Gomide Vasconcelos (Author), Eduardo de Paula Lima (Author), Kevin Teoh (Author), Elizabeth do Nascimento (Author), Sara MacLennan (Author), Tom Cox (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract: Two important aspects must be accounted for when discussing the mental health of first responders and, in particular, their report of post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). The first concerns the provision of quantitative data from longitudinal study designs, the second concerns the sophis...