Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and the Clapham rail accident

Abstract

It is recommended that disaster services should provide for long-term psychological effects, particularly for those survivors who are injured, who experience risk of death, feeling trapped or who witness death.

Coping with post‐traumatic stress: young, middle‐aged and elderly comparisons

“…This is consistent with literature which suggests that psychological reactions to traumatic events vary depending on disaster type (Ursano et al, 1994;Weisaeth, 1994), and that people who experience the highest exposure or are in closest proximity to the disaster tend to suffer more severe psychological symptoms (Selley et al, 1997;Smith et al, 1990;Tyano et al, 1996), though some researchers have claimed that exposure to a disaster is necessary to trigger but not sufficient to explain the onset and pattern of post-traumatic morbidity (McFarlane, 1988a(McFarlane, , 1988b(McFarlane, , 1989. From the lack of significant interaction effects, it can be deduced that both disaster type and intensity of exposure were independent factors, independently affecting the psychological responses and coping strategies of the community residents.…”

A longitudinal comparative study of the physical and mental health problems of affected residents of the firework disaster Enschede, The Netherlands

“…However, the type of disaster (natural and man-made), and the instruments used to measure the health problems (IES, PTSD-SRS, GHQ-28/30), differed between the studies. [26][27][28] To our knowledge no other cross-sectional studies with control groups have examined the health of survivors 1 or 2 years after a collective disaster.…”

Endüstriyel Bir Patlama Sonrasında Akut Stres Bozukluğu ve Travma Sonrası Stres Bozukluğu Gelişiminde Olası Risk Faktörleri

“…When the survivors of the Clapham railway accident were evaluated, symptoms of stres related with the traumatic event was observed with a rate of 40% and a correlation was found between the severity of the traumatic event and traumatic symptom sevetiry (14).…”