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Psychological responses to a marine disaster during a recoil phase: Experiences from the Estonia shipwreck
Author(s) -
Taiminen Tero J.,
Tuominen Taina
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
british journal of medical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 2044-8341
pISSN - 0007-1129
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1996.tb01859.x
Subject(s) - crew , recoil , phase (matter) , psychology , suicide prevention , poison control , medical emergency , history , aeronautics , engineering , medicine , physics , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics
The sinking of the car ferry, Estonia , was one of the world's most devastating marine disasters that has ever occurred in peace time. Altogether 138 passengers and crew members were rescued, and 38 of them were taken to the Turku University Central Hospital in Finland. The present article describes the various psychological reactions among the survivors during the first three days of the recoil phase.