title: After the Omagh bomb: posttraumatic stress disorder in health service staff.
abstract: In this postal survey of 1064 health service staff working closest to the Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland, approximately half reported having professional orcivilian involvement. Types of involvement and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) levels varied between staff groups. Staff involved both professionally and as a civilian, particularly those who witnessed the trauma, or those who had experienced previous emotional problems and trauma, had the highest levels of symptomatology. Although staff with higher PTSD symptoms were more likely to seek professional help, only a minority contacted professionals for support.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Clinical Psychology and Healthcare Research, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luce
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Firth-Cozens
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Midgley
authors.forename: Clive
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Burges
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005107:Explosions; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015438:Health Behavior; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009660:Northern Ireland; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D023481:Terrorism / Q000523:psychology*