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European Commission Project: European Guideline for Target Group-Oriented Psychosocial Aftercare—Implementation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2011

Stepan Vymetal ,
Albert Deistler ,
Robert Bering ,
Claudia Schedlich ,
Magda Rooze ,
Francisco Orengo ,
Gisela Zurek  and
Michaela Krtickova
Stepan Vymetal*
Affiliation:
Charles University in Prague and Ministry of the Interior, Prague, Czech Republic
Albert Deistler
Affiliation:
City of Cologne, Germany
Robert Bering
Affiliation:
Centre of Psychotraumatology, The Hospital Maria-Hilf GmbH Krefeld, Germany
Claudia Schedlich
Affiliation:
Centre of Psychotraumatology, The Hospital Maria-Hilf GmbH Krefeld, Germany
Magda Rooze
Affiliation:
Impact, Dutch Knowledge and Advice Centre for Post-disaster Psychosocial Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Francisco Orengo
Affiliation:
Spanish Society for Psychotraumatology and Traumatic Stress, Madrid, Spain
Gisela Zurek
Affiliation:
Capital City of the Federal State of North-Rhine Westphalia Düsseldorf, Germany
Michaela Krtickova
Affiliation:
Charles University in Prague and Ministry of the Interior, Prague, Czech Republic
*
Correspondence: Stepan Vymetal Psychology Section Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic Nad Stolou 3 170 34 Prague 7 Czech Republic E-mail: stepan.vymetal@email.cz
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Abstract

After disasters, the individual health and well-being of first responders and affected population are affected for years. Therefore, psychosocial help is needed. Although most victims recover on their own, a minority of survivors, members of rescue teams, or relatives develop long-term, disaster-related psychic disorders, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This subgroup especially should receive timely and appropriate psychosocial help. Many European countries offer post-disaster psychosocial care from a variety of caregivers (i.e., professionals and volunteers, non-governmental organizations, church or commercial organizations). Therefore, European standards for providing post-disaster psychosocial support currently is required. This article describes the project European Guideline for Target Group-Oriented Psychosocial Aftercare—Implementation, supported by the European Commission.

Keywords

acute stress disordercivil protectiondisaster medicinedisaster psychologyEC projectguidelinespost-traumatic stress disorderpsychosocial supportpsychotraumatologystandardization
Type
Special Report
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , June 2011 , pp. 234 - 236
Copyright
Copyright Vymetal © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2011

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