Exploring the Efficacy of Anxiety and PTSD Therapeutic Techniques and Protocols in Practice During Ongoing Terrorism: Evidence From a Focus Group Research

Lahad, Mooli; Leykin, Dmitry; Rozenblat, Ornit; Fajerman, Zvi

doi:10.5296/ijsw.v1i1.5289

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“…Most of us, at different times, have a preferred mode or modes of coping and will use this extensively. From hundreds of observations and interviews with people under stress summarized in Lahad, Shacham, and Ayalon (2013) and Lahad, Leykin, Rozenblat, and Fajerman (2014), it is apparent that each has a special coping mechanism or resources that characterizes his or her special way “to meet the world.” But it is important to note that most people have more than just one mode, and many have up to three or four (Lahad, 1997).…”

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From victim to victor: The development of the BASIC PH model of coping and resiliency.

Lahad

2017

Traumatology

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This article summarizes my personal journey in the field of trauma starting in 1975 and tries to trace its "origin" in my early life experiences. It mostly focuses on my field experience as a pioneer professional (academician and practitioner) in a rural area of Israel in the late 70s and early 80s. In this personal and professional encounter with the harsh reality of a community living under constant threat of shelling and of terrorists' infiltration, I realized there was a huge gap between my clinical training and the real life of these people who were forced to cope with this situation for years. This has led to one of the first attempts worldwide to research and develop an integrative model of coping and resiliency. The results yielded a new model: the BASIC Ph Model. This model builds on an understanding of the community impacted and the ability of the inhabitants to withstand disasters and crisis and led to the development of one of the first comprehensive resiliency programs. Among other things, the program using the BASIC Ph Model ensured that there would be a professional role of Emergency Behavioral Officer(s) with the job of enhancing trauma resilience city-wide. A diagram and table are presented and discussed to help to explain the elements and approaches covered in the BASIC Ph Model. The latter section of the article discusses the cross-sectional studies of the model and recent developments in its many uses.

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From victim to victor: The development of the BASIC PH model of coping and resiliency.

Lahad

2017

Traumatology

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“…However, no scales currently exist to assess the broader effects of exposure to ongoing traumatic stress aside from PTSD measures. This paucity of screening tools combined with limited evidence-based treatment [ 32 ], limit both the assessment and clinical practice, and may lead to misdiagnoses and missed and/or ineffective treatment. The current study was conducted to fill this gap, as we developed a new comprehensive tool to measure the symptoms associated with exposure to ongoing security threats.…”

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Development and validation of the Continuous Traumatic Stress Response scale (CTSR) among adults exposed to ongoing security threats

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Background Current diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) do not include symptoms resulting from exposure to continuous or ongoing traumatic stress. Thus existing assessment tools do not fully capture stress symptoms associated with exposure to threats that extend over months or years. To address this void, we enumerated the symptoms associate with ongoing exposure to stress including those that are distinct from existing PTSD diagnostic criteria. Objectives To develop the Continuous Traumatic Stress Response Scale (CTSR) and assess its psychometric properties. Method We sampled 313 adults exposed and unexposed to ongoing security threat between December 2016 and February 2017. Respondents lived in communities bordering the Gaza Strip in southern Israel where they are exposed to frequent rocket attacks, requiring they locate and find shelter in 30 seconds or less. We assessed the concurrent validity of CTSR relative to the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS). Results On the basis of exploratory factor analysis (EFA), we retained 11 of 25 items measuring three distinct factors: exhaustion/detachment, rage/betrayal, and fear/helplessness. We found moderate concurrence between the scales; that is, the CTSR appears to measure a construct related to, but distinct from PTSD. This conclusion is supported by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) indicating that each factor significantly contributes to measurement of a higher-order, continuous traumatic stress latent construct. Conclusions These results support the psychometric properties of CTSR. Future research is required to confirm these findings in other countries and cultures and among individuals exposed to other forms of continuous traumatic stress.

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Trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapies for posttraumatic stress disorder under ongoing threat: A systematic review

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Monson

2021

Clinical Psychology Review

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Exploring the Efficacy of Anxiety and PTSD Therapeutic Techniques and Protocols in Practice During Ongoing Terrorism: Evidence From a Focus Group Research

Cited by 6 publications

References 32 publications

From victim to victor: The development of the BASIC PH model of coping and resiliency.

From victim to victor: The development of the BASIC PH model of coping and resiliency.

Development and validation of the Continuous Traumatic Stress Response scale (CTSR) among adults exposed to ongoing security threats

Trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapies for posttraumatic stress disorder under ongoing threat: A systematic review

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