Secondary Traumatic Stress Among Disaster Mental Health Workers Responding to the September 11 Attacks

• 2005

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• Terri Creamer; Becky Liddle
PMID: 16281200DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.20008

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This article examines the relationships between secondary traumatic stress (STS) symptoms and various therapist characteristics and assignment variables among 81 disaster mental health (DMH) workers who responded to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Factors such as the therapist's prior trauma caseload, professional experience, age, discussion of personal trauma, therapist gender, and personal trauma history were analyzed for their association with higher STS. Assignment variables such as length of assignment and time spent with specific client groups were also considered. Recommendations include informing DMH recruits of therapist risk factors and assigning at-risk workers to lower-risk assignments to mitigate STS.

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Focus Areas: Mental Health; Violence

Audiences: Behavioral Health Professionals; EMS Clinicians

Emergency Management Stage: Recovery

Bundle: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Adult; Aged; Child; Child Welfare; Health Personnel; Mental Health Services; New York City; Professional-Patient Relations; Risk Factors; Sex Factors; Wounds and Injuries; Female; Male; Middle Aged; Stress, Physiological; Fires; September 11 Terrorist Attacks; Workforce

Institutions: Auburn University

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