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Lothians post disaster counselling service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

C. P. Freeman
C. P. Freeman*
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University of Edinburgh, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh EH10 5HF
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In mid 1988 after Piper Alpha but before the Lockerbie disaster, the Social Work Department and the Mental Health Unit independently began to discuss plans for a post disaster counselling service. Over the next few months a joint working party was set up which during 1988 and early 1989 evolved the service described below.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 16 , Issue 8 , August 1992 , pp. 492 - 495
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1992

References

Alexander, D. A. & Wells, A. (1991) Reaction of police officers to body handling after a major disaster. A before and after comparison. British Journal of Psychiatry, 159, 547–555.Google Scholar
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