Journal of Trauma & Treatment

University Mental Health Research Institute (UMHRI), 11527 Athens, Greece

Publications

• Original Research Article   
  Psychopathological Reactions among Citizen Rescue Volunteers One and Six Months after a Shipwreck Tragedy
  Author(s): Leonidas J. Mantonakis, Christos Theleritis, Consantine Psarros, Maria Vasileiadou, Sofia Martinaki and Joanna-Despoina Bergiannaki*
  
  Aim: This study aims to investigate sub-acute (one month after) and persistent (six months after) stress reactions and psychopathological symptoms experienced by citizen rescue volunteers involved in a shipwreck tragedy that occurred in the Aegean Sea near Paros Island, Greece. Materials and methods: One month (study period 1) and six months following the event (study period 2), a joint task force group of mental health clinicians was organized in order to investigate the psychological consequences of the post- shipwreck rescue operation to the volunteer rescuers. 51 male rescuers (study period 1) and 57 male rescuers (study period 2) who participated as rescue volunteers on the night of the shipwreck were interviewed and assessed with the use of several questionnaires and inventories (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-STAI; Athens.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2167-1222.2024.13.607

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