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Chapter 35 - Case Study 2: A Public Health Survey of People Exposed to the Paris Terror Attacks in November 2015 and Their Consequences

from Section 4 - Responses to Meet the Mental Health Needs of People Affected by Emergencies, Major Incidents, and Pandemics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2024

By
Philippe Pirard  and
Yvon Motreff
Edited by
Richard Williams ,
Verity Kemp ,
Keith Porter ,
Tim Healing  and
John Drury
Richard Williams
Affiliation:
University of South Wales
Verity Kemp
Affiliation:
Independent Health Emergency Planning Consultant
Keith Porter
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham
Tim Healing
Affiliation:
Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London
John Drury
Affiliation:
University of Sussex
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Summary

On 13 November 2015, a series of terrorist attacks occurred in the Paris area. In total, 130 people were killed, 643 people were physically injured, and several thousand were psychosocially affected. Thousands of first responders were mobilised that night and during the subsequent weeks. This chapter presents a summary of the ESPA survey launched by Santé Publique France 8 to 11 months after the attacks in order to measure the traumatic impact and the use of mental health supports by people whose exposure met criterion A of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) definition of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This chapter provides two examples of the analysis and results that can be generated from the database.

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first respondermental healthmental health disordermental health support unitpost-traumatic stress disorderPTSDterror attackterrorism
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Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health
The Psychosocial Aspects of Health Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters and Disease Outbreaks
 , pp. 257 - 263
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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