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Post-traumatic Stress and Subthreshold Autism Spectrum Among Divers of the Italian Navy Employed in Search and Rescue Activities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

C. Carmassi ,
P. Isabella ,
C.A. Bertelloni ,
M. Corsi ,
G. Massimetti ,
C. Conversano  and
L. Dell’Osso
C. Carmassi
Affiliation:
Azienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria Pisana, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pisa, Italy
P. Isabella
Affiliation:
Azienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria Pisana, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pisa, Italy
M. Corsi
Affiliation:
Azienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria Pisana, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pisa, Italy
G. Massimetti
Affiliation:
Azienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria Pisana, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pisa, Italy
C. Conversano
Affiliation:
Azienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria Pisana, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pisa, Italy
L. Dell’Osso
Affiliation:
Azienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria Pisana, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pisa, Italy

Abstract

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Introduction

Rescue emergency personnel is at high risk to develop PTSD due to possible extreme and repetitive exposition to “cruel details of traumatic events”.

Objective

This study aimed to explore posttraumatic stress and subthreshold autism symptomatology and their impact on social and working functioning level among sub mariner of Italian Navy, who were employed in the Costa Concordia and Genova tower rescue operation.

Methods

Eighty-five subjects were enrolled and investigated by the following instruments: Trauma and Loss Spectrum Self-Report (TALS-SR), Adult Autism Subthreshold Spectrum (AdAS Spectrum) and Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS).

Results

The response rate was about 50%. Ninety-five percent of the subjects were employed in recovering corpses and 80% reported at least one rescue operation in the last three years. Full and partial DSM-5 PTSD rates were 8% and 27.5%, respectively. A strong correlation emerged between several TALS-SR and ADAS domain. Furthermore, TALS-SR domain scores were related to WSAS domain.

Conclusion

This data showed rescue personnel to be at risk for post-traumatic stress spectrum and related work and social impairment. Further studies are needed to better investigate possible risk and resilience factors associated to PTSD.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
e-Poster Viewing: Post-traumatic stress disorder
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 41 , Issue S1: Abstract of the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2017 , pp. S722
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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