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Posttraumatic stress, mental health professionals, and the clergy: a need for collaboration, training, and research.

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Weaver, AJ; Koenig, HG; Ochberg, FM
Published in: J Trauma Stress
October 1996

This article addresses the need for improved clergy-mental health professional collaboration in the assessment and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Tens of millions of North Americans with personal problems seek the counsel of clergy. There is an absence of research on the function of clergy as helpers with the traumatized and on the psychological dynamics of religious coping among the traumatized. Psychological trauma presents the mental health and religious communities with unique opportunities to work together in the best interest of those they serve.

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J Trauma Stress

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ISSN

0894-9867

Publication Date

October 1996

Volume

9

Issue

4

Start / End Page

847 / 856

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Psychiatry
  • Pastoral Care
  • North America
  • Male
  • Interinstitutional Relations
  • Humans
  • Health Services Needs and Demand
  • Female
  • Community Mental Health Services
 

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Weaver, A. J., Koenig, H. G., & Ochberg, F. M. (1996). Posttraumatic stress, mental health professionals, and the clergy: a need for collaboration, training, and research. J Trauma Stress, 9(4), 847–856. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02104106
Weaver, A. J., H. G. Koenig, and F. M. Ochberg. “Posttraumatic stress, mental health professionals, and the clergy: a need for collaboration, training, and research.J Trauma Stress 9, no. 4 (October 1996): 847–56. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02104106.
Weaver, A. J., et al. “Posttraumatic stress, mental health professionals, and the clergy: a need for collaboration, training, and research.J Trauma Stress, vol. 9, no. 4, Oct. 1996, pp. 847–56. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/BF02104106.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Trauma Stress

DOI

ISSN

0894-9867

Publication Date

October 1996

Volume

9

Issue

4

Start / End Page

847 / 856

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Psychiatry
  • Pastoral Care
  • North America
  • Male
  • Interinstitutional Relations
  • Humans
  • Health Services Needs and Demand
  • Female
  • Community Mental Health Services