Posttraumatic stress symptoms in nonexposed, victims, and spontaneous rescuers after an avalanche

• Published in: Journal of traumatic stress Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 133 - 140
• Main Authors: Johnsen, Bjørn Helge, Eid, Jarle, Løstad, Terje, Michelsen, Leif Tore
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.01.1997; Wiley
• Subjects: Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Anxiety disorders. Neuroses; Armed Forces; Avalanche; Biological and medical sciences; Case-Control Studies; coping; disaster; Disasters; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Internal-External Control; Medical sciences; Military Personnel; Military Personnel - psychology; Natural Disasters; Norway; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Predictive Value of Tests; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Rescue Work; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; Snow; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Survival - psychology; Symptoms; Victims; victims rescuers; Norway; Human; Symptomatology; Posttraumatic syndrome; Follow up study; Anxiety disorder; Evolution; Exposure; Coping; Psychological effect; Avalanche; Stress

A company from the Norwegian Army was investigated 2 weeks and 4 months after they were hit by an avalanche during a winter exercise. The subjects were divided into victims, spontaneous rescuers, and nonexposed subjects. The results showed that exposed subjects (victims and rescuers) reported higher...