PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - P Bennett
AU  - Y Williams
AU  - N Page
AU  - K Hood
AU  - M Woollard
TI  - Levels of mental health problems among UK emergency ambulance workers
AID  - 10.1136/emj.2003.005645
DP  - 2004 Mar 01
TA  - Emergency Medicine Journal
PG  - 235--236
VI  - 21
IP  - 2
4099  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/21/2/235.short
4100  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/21/2/235.full
SO  - Emerg Med J2004 Mar 01; 21
AB  - This study examined the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety in a sample of emergency ambulance personnel. Of 1029 personnel in one ambulance service mailed a questionnaire, 617 were returned. Among respondents, the overall rate of PTSD was 22%. Levels of PTSD did not differ according to grade, but men had a higher prevalence rate than women (23% compared with 15%). Nearly one in ten reported probable clinical levels of depression, 22% reported probable clinical levels of anxiety based on Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale scores.