Promoting mental health following the london bombings: A screen and treat approach

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-8

  Brewin, Chris R ^a,d   Scragg, Peter ^a   Robertson, Mary ^a   Thompson, Monica ^a   D'Ardenne, Patricia ^b   Ehlers, Anke ^c  

^a Traumatic Stress Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Psychotrauma   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERRORISM;

ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM;

EID: 41549092264     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20310     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
2. Andrews, B., Brewin, C. R., Philpott, R., & Stewart, L. (2007). Delayed onset posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review of the evidence. American Journal of Psychiatry, 164, 1319-1326.
3. Beck, A. T., Ward, C. H., Mendelson, M., Mock, J., & Erbaugh, J. (1961). An inventory for measuring depression. Archives of General Psychiatry, 4, 561-571.
4. Brewin, C. R. (2001). Cognitive and emotional reactions to traumatic events: Implications for short-term intervention. Advances in Mind-Body Medicine, 17, 163-168.
5. Brewin, C. R. (2005). Systematic review of screening instruments for the detection of posttraumatic stress disorder in adults. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 18, 53-62.
6. Brewin, C. R., Rose, S., Andrews, B., Green, J., Tata, P., McEvedy, C., et al. (2002). A brief screening instrument for posttraumatic stress disorder. British Journal of Psychiatry, 181, 158-162.
7. Call, J. A., & Pfefferbaum, B. (1999). Lessons from the first two years of Project Heartland, Oklahoma's mental health response to the 1995 bombing. Psychiatric Services, 50, 953-955.
8. Clark, D. M. (2004). Developing new treatments: On the interplay between theories, experimental science and clinical innovation. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 42, 1089-1104.
9. Donahue, S. A., Jackson, C. T., Shear, K. M., Felton, C. J., & Essock, S. M. (2006). Outcomes of enhanced counseling services provided to adults through Project Liberty. Psychiatric Services, 57, 1298-1303.
10. Donahue, S. A., Lanzara, C. B., Felton, C. J., Essock, S. M., & Carpinello, S. (2006). Project Liberty: New York's crisis counseling program created in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. Psychiatric Services, 57, 1253-1258.
11. Drayer, C. S., Cameron, D. C., Woodward, W. D., & Glass, A. J. (1954). Psychological first aid in community disasters - prepared by the American Psychiatric Association Committee on Civil Defense. Journal of the American Medical Association, 156, 36-41.
12. Ehlers, A., Clark, D. M., Hackmann, A., McManus, F., Fennell, M., Herbert, C., et al. (2003). A randomized controlled trial of cognitive therapy, self-help booklet, and repeated assessment as early interventions for PTSD. Archives of General Psychiatry, 60, 1024-1032.
13. First, M. B., Spitzer, R. L., Gibbon, M., & Williams, J. B. W. (1997). Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders-Patient Edition (SCID-IP; Version 2.0, 4. 97 revision). New York: New York State Psychiatric Institute, Biometrics Research Department.
14. Foa, E. B., Cashman, L., Jaycox, L., & Perry, K. (1997). The validation of a self-report measure of posttraumatic stress disorder: The Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale. Psychological Assessment, 9, 445-451.
15. Gillespie, K., Duffy, M., Hackmann, A., & Clark, D. M. (2002). Community based cognitive therapy in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder following the Omagh bomb. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 40, 345-357.
16. Jacobson, N. S., & Truax, P. (1991). Clinical significance: A statistical approach to defining meaningful change in psychotherapy research. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 59, 12-19.
17. Kroenke, K., Spitzer, R. L., & Williams, J. B. W. (2003). The Patient Health Questionnaire-2: Validity of a two-item depression screener. Medical Care, 41, 1284-1292.
18. Mayfield, D., McLeod, G., & Hall, P. (1974). The CAGE questionnaire: Validation of a new alcoholism instrument. American Journal of Psychiatry, 131, 1121-1123.
19. McNally, R. J., Bryant, R. A., & Ehlers, A. (2003). Does early psychological intervention promote recovery from posttraumatic stress? Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 4, 45-79.
20. Melzack, R. (1987). The short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire. Pain, 30, 191-197.
21. National Institute for Clinical Excellence. (2005). Post-traumatic stress disorder: The management of PTSD in adults and children in primary and secondary care. London: Gaskell.
22. Pfefferbaum, B., North, C. S., Flynn, B. W., Norris, F. H., & DeMartino, R. (2002). Disaster mental health services following the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing: Modifying approaches to address terrorism. CNS Spectrums, 7, 575-579.
23. Prigerson, H. G., & Jacobs, S. C. (2001). Traumatic grief as a distinct disorder: A rationale, consensus criteria, and a preliminary empirical test. In M. S. Stroebe, R. O. Hansson, W. Stroebe, & H. Schut (Eds.), Handbook of bereavement research: Consequences, coping, and care (pp. 588-613). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
24. Rose, S., & Bisson, J. I. (1998). Brief early psychological interventions following trauma: A review of the literature. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 11, 697-710.
25. Seggar, L. B., Lambert, M. J., & Hansen, N. B. (2002). Assessing clinical significance: Application to the Beck Depression Inventory. Behavior Therapy, 33, 253-269.
26. Stuber, J., Galea, S., Boscarino, J. A., & Schlesinger, M. (2006). Was there unmet mental health need after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks? Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 41, 230-240.
27. Turner, S. W., Thompson, J. A., & Rosser, R. M. (1989). The King's Cross fire: Planning a "phase two" psychosocial response. Disaster Management, 2, 31-37.
28. Walters, J. T. R., Bisson, J. I., & Shepherd, J. P. (2007). Predicting post-traumatic stress disorder: Validation of the Trauma Screening Questionnaire in victims of assault. Psychological Medicine, 37, 143-150.
29. Wang, P. S., Berglund, P., Olfson, M., Pincus, H. A., Wells, K. B., & Kessler, R. C. (2005). Failure and delay in initial treatment contact after first onset of mental disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey replication. Archives of General Psychiatry, 62, 603-613.
30. Ware, J. Jr., Kosinski, M., & Keller, S. D. (1996). A 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey: Construction of scales and preliminary tests of reliability and validity. Medical Care, 34, 220-233.
31. Whalley, M. G., & Brewin, C. R. (2007). Mental health following terrorist attacks. British Journal of Psychiatry, 190, 94-96.
32. World Health Organization. (1992). International classification of diseases. Geneva: Author.
33. Young, B. H. (2006). The immediate response to disaster: Guidelines to adult psychological first aid. In E. C. Ritchie, M. J. Friedman, & P. J. Watson (Eds.), Mass violence and early intervention (pp. 134-154). New York: Guilford Press.