The psychosocial aid response after the 22/03/2016 attacks in Belgium: a community case study

IntroductionAfter the terrorist attacks, early psychosocial care is provided to people considered at risk of developing mental health issues due to the attacks. Despite the clear importance of such early intervention, there is very few data on how this is registered, who is targeted, and whether target-recipients accept such aid.MethodsUsing registry data from the Centre General Wellbeingwork (CAW), a collection of centers in the regions Brussels and Flanders that provide psychosocial care, we examined the early psychosocial care response after the terrorist attacks of 22/03/2016 in Belgium.Re... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Emilie Muysewinkel
Lara Vesentini
Helena Van Deynse
Lise Eilin Stene
Johan Bilsen
Roel Van Overmeire
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
Reihe/Periodikum: Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 12 (2024)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Frontiers Media S.A.
Schlagwörter: registration data / posttraumatic stress disorder / mental health / terrorism / mental healthcare / Public aspects of medicine / RA1-1270
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28971321
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1362021

IntroductionAfter the terrorist attacks, early psychosocial care is provided to people considered at risk of developing mental health issues due to the attacks. Despite the clear importance of such early intervention, there is very few data on how this is registered, who is targeted, and whether target-recipients accept such aid.MethodsUsing registry data from the Centre General Wellbeingwork (CAW), a collection of centers in the regions Brussels and Flanders that provide psychosocial care, we examined the early psychosocial care response after the terrorist attacks of 22/03/2016 in Belgium.ResultsIn total, 327 people were listed to be contacted by the CAW, while only 205 were reached out to (62.7%). Most were contacted within a month (84.9%), and were victims of the attacks (69.8%). Overall, the majority was female (55.6%).ConclusionOverall, target recipients were witnesses and survivors of the attacks, though a large proportion of people were not reached by the early outreach.