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Editorial
. 2024 Sep 30:15:1481901.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1481901. eCollection 2024.

Editorial: Impact of deployment in disaster situations on the mental health of emergency responders

Ulrich Wesemann  1 , Ali Sahebi  2   3 , Hubertus Himmerich  4
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Editorial: Impact of deployment in disaster situations on the mental health of emergency responders

Ulrich Wesemann et al. Front Psychiatry. .
No abstract available

Keywords: PTSD; crisis intervention [MeSH]; deployment (military); disaster; emergency responder; mental health; military personnel; risk and resilience factors.

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