Post‐traumatic stress in Northern Ireland

Bell, P.; Kee, M; Loughrey, Gerard; Roddy, R J; Curran, P.

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1988.tb05095.x

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“…Studies in Northern Ireland focusing on victims of terrorist attacks suggest that between 20% and 40% of the people involved in traumatic events will experience post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as well as other psychological difficulties (Bell et al . 1988, Curran et al .…”

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Too tired to care? The psychological effects of working with trauma

Collins

Long

2003

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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This quantitative and qualitative longitudinal study was designed to examine the effects on caregivers working therapeutically with seriously traumatized people. The participants were 13 healthcare workers seconded into a trauma and recovery team (TRT) set up to help those traumatized by the Omagh bombing on 15 August 1998. Quantitative data were collected using the Compassion Satisfaction/Fatigue Test and the Life Status Review Questionnaire. Qualitative data regarding positive and negative aspects of working with traumatized individuals, as well as caregiver's experience leaving the TRT, were gathered using open-ended questions contained in the final data set. These questionnaires were completed at four points in time: August 1998, December 1998, August 1999 and February 2001. Ethical approval for the study was gained from the Sperrin Lakeland Trust research committee. Analysis of the quantitative data indicated that levels of compassion fatigue and burnout increased, respectively, from 18.85 to 34.46 and 22.38 to 29.69 over the first year. Levels of compassion satisfaction decreased from 87.62 to 80.15, while levels of satisfaction with life (53.85 to 40.38) and life status (11.23 to 5.62) also decreased. Findings also demonstrated that compassion satisfaction is possibly a protective factor against compassion fatigue and burnout, in that caregivers with high compassion satisfaction scores were less likely to have corresponding high compassion fatigue and burnout scores. Findings from the qualitative data generated, revealed that team spirit and camaraderie, along with the satisfaction of seeing clients recover, were the most positive aspects of working in the team. Media interest, coping with and containing anger shown by bereaved relatives and dealing with the content of client's stories were the most negative. Themes to emerge from leaving the team included lack of understanding and support from non-trauma managers and an underestimation of the impact on caregivers of finishing in the team. Strategies that were found to be beneficial in helping to alleviate the negative effects of working with trauma were also elicited. This research has implications for practice, management and education.

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Too tired to care? The psychological effects of working with trauma

Collins

Long

2003

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

147

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“…Among children and youth studied two years later, who lived up to 100 miles from the site of the Oklahoma City bombing, 16 percent exhibited symptoms of PTSD in relation to the event (Pfefferbaum et al 1999). In other studies of victims of terrorist attacks, rates of PTSD ranged from 10.5 percent (among the uninjured) to 40 percent, including results from the Lockerbie Pan Am Flight 103 terrorist crash, the Enniskillen bombing, and terrorist attacks occurring in France between 1982 and 1987 (Abenhaim, Dab, and Salmi 1992;Bell et al 1988;Curran et al 1990;Shalev 1992).…”

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Diagnosis, Prevalence, and Research Advances

Kaspar

2002

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“…The overall prevalence of PTSD in the sample was 23.2%, with no significant differences between the sexes. Bell, Kee, Loughery, Roddy, and Curran (1988) also estimated the prevalence of PTSD in their study of 643 adults seeking compensation for "nervous shock". A Belfast psychiatrist, on inspection of case notes and court reports, determined that 23% of the sample were suffering from PTSD and two-thirds of this group were female.…”

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