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This chapter describes an investigation of psychological reactions among the survivors of a multiple shooting that occurred in a Melbourne city office block on December 8, 1987. Nine people died and a further five were injured in an incident that has become known as the Queen Street Shootings. The research was undertaken to examine levels of posttrauma reactions over time and to identify those factors that may affect reaction to, and recovery from, trauma.
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Creamer, M., Burgess, P., Buckingham, W., Pattison, P. (1993). Posttrauma Reactions Following a Multiple Shooting. In: Wilson, J.P., Raphael, B. (eds) International Handbook of Traumatic Stress Syndromes. The Plenum Series on Stress and Coping. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2820-3_17
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