The mental health of Australian career and volunteer firefighters

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03 Sep 2019

What is the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety and alcohol abuse disorders (AUD) in career and volunteer firefighters, and what individual, operational and organisational factors contributed to and protected from their development?

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mental health

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Dr Heather Bancroft
Completed PhD student
bancroft1908@bigpond.com
Dr Megan O'Donnell
Completed associate student
u5037508@anu.edu.au

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