The King's Cross fire. Part 2: The psychological injuries.
This paper describes the experiences of six people who received severe burns in the King's Cross Underground Station fire of 1987. They all developed post-traumatic stress disorder to varying levels of intensity and the problems of psychological intervention as they related to the patients' different mental defence mechanisms are outlined.
Sturgeon
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University College Hospital, London, UK.
Rosser
R
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Shoenberg
P
P
D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000523:psychology*; D005390:Fires; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D008297:Male; D011613:Psychotherapy; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy