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Witteveen, Anke B.Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Post-disaster psychosocial services across Europe : the TENTS project
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Elsevier BV,2012
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.06.017DOI
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At present post-disaster activities and plans seem to vary widely. An adequate estimation of the availability of post-disaster psychosocial services across Europe is needed in order to compare them with recently developed evidence-informed psychosocial care guidelines. Here we report on the results of a cross-sectional web-based survey completed in 2008 by two hundred and eighty-six representatives of organizations involved in psychosocial responses to trauma and disaster from thirty-three different countries across Europe. The survey addressed planning and delivery of psychosocial care after disaster, methods of screening and diagnosis, types of interventions used, and other aspects of psychosocial care after trauma. The findings showed that planning and delivery of psychosocial care was inconsistent across Europe. Countries in East Europe seemed to have less central coordination of the post-disaster psychosocial response and fewer post-disaster guidelines that were integrated into specific disaster or contingency plans. Several forms of psychological debriefing, for which there is no evidence of efficacy to date, were still used in several areas particularly in North Europe. East European countries delivered evidence-based interventions for PTSD less frequently, whilst in South- and South-Eastern European countries anxiety suppressing medication such as benzodiazepines were prescribed more frequently to disaster victims than in other areas. Countries across Europe are currently providing sub-optimal psychosocial care for disaster victims. This short report shows that there is an urgent need for some countries to abandon non-effective interventions and others to develop more evidence based and effective services to facilitate the care of those involved in future disasters.
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Bisson, Jonathan I.School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Ajdukovic, DeanDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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Arnberg, Filip K.,1981-Uppsala universitet,Kunskapscentrum för katastrofpsykiatri,Psykiatri, Akademiska sjukhuset(Swepub:uu)filar901
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Bergh Johannesson, KerstinUppsala universitet,Kunskapscentrum för katastrofpsykiatri,Psykiatri, Akademiska sjukhuset(Swepub:uu)kebjo172
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Bolding, Hendrieke B.Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Elklit, AskNational Center of Psychotraumatology, Institute of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Jehel, LouisFort de France University Hospital Center, Antilles-Guyane University, Fort de France, Martinique
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Johansen, Venke A.Resource Center on Violence, Traumatic Stress and Suicide prevention, Western Norway (RVTS West), Haukeland University Hospital, Norway
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Lis-Turlejska, MajaWarsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland
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Nordanger, Dag O.Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Bergen, Norway
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Orengo-Garcia, FranciscoSociedad Española de Psicotraumatología y Estrés Traumatico (SEPET), Madrid, Spain
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Polak, A. RosauraDepartment of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Punamaki, Raija-LeenaSchool of Social Sciences and Humanities/ Psychology, University of Tampere, Finland
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Schnyder, UlrichDepartment of Psychiatry, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
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Wittmann, LutzDepartment of Psychiatry, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
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Olff, MirandaDepartment of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, the NetherlandsSchool of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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In:Social Science and Medicine: Elsevier BV75:9, s. 1708-17140277-95361873-5347
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