Workers' Sick Fund (Kupat Holim) hot-line therapeutic first intervention: a model developed in the Gulf War.
This paper describes the work of the Workers' Sick Fund (Kupat Holim) of the Labor Organization in Israel in the Gulf War. A model is presented which was developed in real time, in light of existing conditions. The distinctive feature of the model is its effectiveness: the model accomplished its objective although counselling was by telephone and limited to a single session only.
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Hifa University, Israel.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D013689:Telephone; D014857:Warfare