After the Omagh bomb: Posttraumatic stress disorder in health service staff
- 1 February 2002
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Traumatic Stress
- Vol. 15 (1), 27-30
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1014327110402
Abstract
In this postal survey of 1064 health service staff working closest to the Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland, approximately half reported having professional orcivilian involvement. Types of involvement and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) levels varied between staff groups. Staff involved both professionally and as a civilian, particularly those who witnessed the trauma, or those who had experienced previous emotional problems and trauma, had the highest levels of symptomatology. Although staff with higher PTSD symptoms were more likely to seek professional help, only a minority contacted professionals for support.Keywords
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