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Long-term mental health and social support in victims of disaster : Comparison with a general population sample
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- Thoresen, Siri (author)
- Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies
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- Birkeland, Marianne Skogbrott (author)
- Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies
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- Arnberg, Filip, Docent i klinisk psykologi, 1981- (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Kunskapscentrum för katastrofpsykiatri,Psykiatri, Akademiska sjukhuset
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- Wentzel-Larsen, Tore (author)
- Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Norway and Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Norway
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- Blix, Ines (author)
- Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Norway
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- 2018-12-21
- 2019
- English.
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In: BJPsych Open. - : Royal College of Psychiatrists. - 2056-4724. ; 5:1, s. 1-6
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- BackgroundTrauma and traumatic bereavement have well-known consequences for mental health, but little is known about long-term adjustment, particularly with respect to health-protective factors.AimsTo assess the levels of anxiety/depression and perceived social support among the survivors and the bereaved 26 years after the Scandinavian Star ferry disaster compared with expected levels from the general population.MethodAnxiety/depression and social support were assessed in face-to-face interviews with the survivors and the bereaved (N = 165, response rate 58%). Expected scores were calculated for each participant based on the means and proportions for each age and gender combination from a general population sample. We computed the ratio between expected and observed scores, standardised mean differences with 95% confidence intervals and standardised effect sizes.ResultsWe found an elevated level of anxiety/depression symptoms in the victims (Mdiff = 0.28, 95% CI 0.18, 0.38; effect size 0.43, 95% CI 0.31, 0.55) and a significant excess of individuals with a clinically significant level of symptoms. The observed level of perceived social support was significantly lower than that expected (Mdiff = −0.57, 95% CI −0.70, −0.44; effect size −0.73, 95% CI −0.89, −0.57). This was the case for both survivors and those who were bereaved and for both men and women.ConclusionsThis study reveals that disaster survivors and the bereaved reported elevated levels of anxiety and depression symptoms 26 years after the event. They also reported a markedly reduced level of social support. Traumas and post-traumatic responses may thus cause lasting harm to interpersonal relationships.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Psychology (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Psykiatri (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Psychiatry (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Disaster
- mental health
- social functioning
- long term
- Psychology
- Psykologi
- Psychiatry
- Psykiatri
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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