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Psychological responses to a marine disaster during a recoil phase: experiences from the Estonia shipwreck
1Department of Psychiatry, Turku University Central Hospital, Finland.
The British Journal of Medical Psychology
|June 1, 1996
Abstract:
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.