Screening for consequences of trauma - an update on the global collaboration on traumatic stress.

Journal: European journal of psychotraumatology

Volume: 11

Issue: 1

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Affiliated Institutions:  Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Neuroscience & Public Health, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Department of Psychiatry, Western University, London, Canada. Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Oslo, Norway. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia. Ramsay Health Care, The Hollywood Clinic, Perth, Australia. Policy Program, UCLA-Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, Washington, DC, USA. National Center for PTSD Dissemination and Training Division, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, USA. Department of Psychology, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Center for Injury Research and Prevention, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA. University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. Traumatic Stress Unit, Psychiatric Emergency Hospital, Buenos City, Argentina. Faculty of Psychology, Clinical Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. UNSW School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney, Australia. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan. Department of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. Department of Psychiatry, Medical School of Universidad Catolica Del Maule, Chile. Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa. Department of Psychology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada and Remedy, Toronto, Canada.

Abstract summary 

This letter provides an update on the activities of "The Global Collaboration on Traumatic Stress" (GC-TS) as first described by Schnyder et al. in 2017. It presents in further detail the projects of the first theme, in particular the development of and initial data on the Global Psychotrauma Screen (GPS), a brief instrument designed to screen for the wide range of potential outcomes of trauma. English language data and ongoing studies in several languages provide a first indication that the GPS is a feasible, reliable and valid tool, a tool that may be very useful in the current pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Further multi-language and cross-cultural validation is needed. Since the start of the GC-TS, new themes have been introduced to focus on in the coming years: a) Forcibly displaced persons, b) Global prevalence of stress and trauma related disorders, c) Socio-emotional development across cultures, and d) Collaborating to make traumatic stress research data "FAIR". The most recent theme added is that of Global crises, currently focusing on COVID-19-related projects.

Authors & Co-authors:  Olff Miranda M Bakker Anne A Frewen Paul P Aakvaag Helene H Ajdukovic Dean D Brewer Douglas D Elmore Borbon Diane L DL Cloitre Marylène M Hyland Philip P Kassam-Adams Nancy N Knefel Matthias M Lanza Juliana A JA Lueger-Schuster Brigitte B Nickerson Angela A Oe Misari M Pfaltz Monique C MC Salgado Carolina C Seedat Soraya S Wagner Anne A Schnyder Ulrich U

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Citations :  Baekkelund, H., Frewen, P., Lanius, R., Ottesen Berg, A., & Arnevik, E. A. (2018). Trauma-related altered states of consciousness in post-traumatic stress disorder patients with or without comorbid dissociative disorders. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 9(1), doi:10.1080/20008198.2018.1544025.
Authors :  21
Identifiers
Doi : 1752504
SSN : 2000-8066
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
Other Terms
Psychotrauma;childhood abuse;global mental health;questionnaire;screening
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Country of Study
Publication Country
United States