2015 Paris terrorist attacks: Care guidance for the massive influx of psychologically traumatized civilian casualties. Helping victims to develop their capacity to create a safe and protective environment by leveraging social resources like family, and inner resources like mindfulness should optimize global resilience

Gibert, Lionel; Verdonk, Charles; Tarquinio, Cyril; Falissard, Bruno; Hage, W. El; Trousselard, Marion

doi:10.1016/j.ejtd.2018.08.003

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“…Among the 1,500 spectators, 130 were killed, and 450 injured. In our earlier study, run 6 months after the event, we found a strong negative association between PTSD and trait mindfulness (Gibert et al., 2018). We continued our work, as we believed that analyses of long‐term trajectories would help to consolidate these preliminary results, and better‐understand the impact of trait mindfulness on the evolution of PTSD.…”

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confidence: 67%

“…Post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a chronic, disabling condition (Yehuda et al., 2015). Six months after a traumatic event, prevalence among victims of terrorist attacks has been found to be over 75% (Gibert et al., 2018). It is associated with substance abuse (Berenz et al., 2017), mood and anxiety disorders (Knowles et al., 2019), suicide (Shen et al., 2016), and somatic problems (Nichter et al., 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

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The negative association between trait mindfulness and post‐traumatic stress disorder: A 4.5‐year prospective cohort study

Gibert

El‐Hage

Verdonk³

et al. 2021

Brain and Behavior

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confidence: 99%

The negative association between trait mindfulness and post‐traumatic stress disorder: A 4.5‐year prospective cohort study

Gibert

El‐Hage

Verdonk³

et al. 2021

Brain and Behavior

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“…As our population had already been exposed to a violent event four years earlier, we anticipated that they would be more vulnerable to the onset of PTSD. Our earlier work revealed that low trait mindfulness was the strongest positive risk factor for PTSD, six months after the terrorist attacks in the cohort (Gibert et al, 2018 ). People characterized by mindfulness can be described as resilient individuals who are aware of the transient nature of negative affects (Thompson, Arnkoff, & Glass, 2011 ).…”

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confidence: 85%

Stress induced by the COVID-19 health situation in a cohort of 111 subjects present in the Bataclan concert hall during the November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris

Gibert

El‐Hage

Dutheil

et al. 2021

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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Background:The management of the psychological consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic is all the more difficult when subjects suffer from a prior psychiatric illness. BV13 is a 54month prospective longitudinal cohort study of 111 subjects who were present in the Bataclan concert hall during the November 2015 terrorist attack in Paris. Objectives: Our first objective was to investigate the association between stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic and PTSD symptoms, notably with respect to two positive risk factors: trait mindfulness and social support. The second was to explore how PTSD severity mediated the relationship between trait mindfulness and COVID-19-induced stress. Method: The primary endpoint was evaluated using the COVID-19 Peritraumatic Distress Index (CPDI). PTSD symptoms were evaluated using the PTSD Check List Scale (PCL-5) during the sanitary crisis and two years before. Social support was assessed with a Likert scale that measured perceived support from family, friends and the workplace. Trait mindfulness was measured with the 14-item Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI). Results: 54 months after the attack, a univariate analysis identified a significant positive correlation between COVID-19 stress (CPDI) and PCL-5 (r=0.77, p<0.01) scores, on the one hand, and significant negative correlations with FMI (r=-0.59, p<0.01), and social support (r=-0.28, p<0.01) scores, on the other hand. In the multivariate model, CPDI scores were closely associated with PCL-5 scores (p<0.01) after adjustment for FMI and social support scores. CPDI and FMI scores were significantly associated (p=0.05), but not CPDI and social support scores (p=0.89). The PTSD score was a strong mediator of the relationship between trait mindfulness (FMI) and COVID-19 stress (CPDI) scores. Conclusion: PTSD symptoms diminished the beneficial impact of trait mindfulness on stress related to COVID-19. Our finding highlights that subjects with previous experience of trauma need specific treatment for PTSD symptoms during the COVID-19 crisis. Estrés inducido por la situación de salud del COVID-19 en una cohorte de 111 sujetos presentes en la sala de conciertos Bataclan durante los atentados terroristas de noviembre del 2015 en ParisAntecedentes: El manejo de las consecuencias psicológicas de la pandemia del COVID-19 es aún más difícil cuando los sujetos padecen de una enfermedad psiquiátrica previa. BV13 es un estudio de cohorte longitudinal prospectivo de 54 meses de 111 sujetos que estuvieron presentes en la sala de conciertos Bataclan durante el ataque terrorista de Noviembre del 2015 en Paris. Objetivos: Nuestro primer objetivo fue el de investigar la asociación entre estrés relacionado con la pandemia de COVID-19 y síntomas de TEPT, en particular con respecto a dos factores de riesgo positivos: rasgos de atención plena (Mindfulness) y apoyo social. El segundo fue de explorar cómo la severidad del TEPT mediaba la relación entre los rasgos de atención plena y el estrés inducido por COVID-19. Método: El criterio de evaluación principal ...

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“…Authors described a prevalence, ranging from 25 to 50% depending on the type of trauma [4]. A prevalence of more than 60% is observed for the direct victims of November 13, 2015 attacks [5]. In the military environment, the prevalence is around 20% according to the violence of the conflicts [6].…”

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confidence: 99%

Recovery, Rehabilitation and Positive Psychology for Chronic Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Theoretical and Practical Aspects among French Veterans

Belrose¹,

Gibert²,

Trousselard³

2019

Psychological Trauma

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Recovery, in terms of psychological health, is a complex concept that has to be distinguished from the notions of healing and remission. The latter refers to the evolutionary terms of the disease, while recovering from mental illness means to emerge from a psychiatric patient identity and regain an active and satisfying social life. It is clear from the literature that recovery is a complex and elusive concept in a global perspective. Two complementary visions coexist in literature and direct the rehabilitation interventions: a vision focused on mental illness (pathogenic approach) and a vision focused on the concept of sense of subjective well-being and positive mental health (salutogenic approach). Positive psychology studies the conditions, the processes and the actions that contribute to the flourishing or optimal functioning of individuals, groups and institutions. We present results evaluating the psychological resources which remain sustainable for these trauma-exposed soldiers according to their post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and the dynamics of resource reappropriation after the military rehabilitation program, which focuses on values in action (VIA) as character strengths. They suggest that this approach might bring concepts to better conceptualize the dynamics of recovery and offer levers of action to enrich rehabilitation.

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The negative association between trait mindfulness and post‐traumatic stress disorder: A 4.5‐year prospective cohort study

The negative association between trait mindfulness and post‐traumatic stress disorder: A 4.5‐year prospective cohort study

Stress induced by the COVID-19 health situation in a cohort of 111 subjects present in the Bataclan concert hall during the November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris

Recovery, Rehabilitation and Positive Psychology for Chronic Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Theoretical and Practical Aspects among French Veterans

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