Trauma treatment across Europe: where do we stand now from a perspective of seven countries

There is a lack of knowledge about the state of affairs of the trauma treatments in Europe. To start to fill in this gap, key persons from seven European countries—Georgia, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, and Turkey—accepted the invitation to give their expert opinion on the state of affairs in their country at an invited panel discussion at the XIV 2015 ESTSS Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania. Brief reports from the seven countries reveal significant diversities among different European countries in terms of awareness of health problems related to trauma, the availabi... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Evaldas Kazlauskas
Jana Javakhishvilli
Mariel Meewisse
Dorota Merecz-Kot
Vedat Şar
Ingo Schäfer
Ulrich Schnyder
Berthold P. R. Gersons
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
Reihe/Periodikum: European Journal of Psychotraumatology, Vol 7, Iss 0, Pp 1-5 (2016)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Taylor & Francis Group
Schlagwörter: Trauma / treatment / PTSD / Europe / Georgia / Germany / Lithuania / Netherlands / Poland / Switzerland / Turkey / Psychiatry / RC435-571
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27189251
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v7.29450

There is a lack of knowledge about the state of affairs of the trauma treatments in Europe. To start to fill in this gap, key persons from seven European countries—Georgia, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, and Turkey—accepted the invitation to give their expert opinion on the state of affairs in their country at an invited panel discussion at the XIV 2015 ESTSS Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania. Brief reports from the seven countries reveal significant diversities among different European countries in terms of awareness of health problems related to trauma, the availability of trauma treatments, and treatment approaches. Political and economic differences across the European countries contribute to the diversities in the developments of trauma treatments. European national psychotrauma societies are active in establishing training curricula and dissemination of trauma-focused treatments. Despite the growing acknowledgment of trauma and dissemination of trauma-focused treatments, there is a lack of Europe-wide policies to ensure availability of trauma treatment in Europe for trauma survivors. The need for more detailed analysis of trauma treatment in all European countries and development of European-level trauma-informed health care policies is outlined.