@article{ref1,
title="Fifteen years after a ferry disaster: Clinical interviews and survivors' self-assessment of their experience",
journal="European journal of psychotraumatology",
year="2013",
author="Arnberg, Filip K. and Hultman, Christina M. and Michel, Per-Olof and Lundin, Tom",
volume="4",
number="",
pages="20650-20650",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Disasters yield increased rates of psychological disorders decades later. Other consequences, however, have received little attention in the past. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to examine diagnostic status and survivors' views on disaster-related consequences and social support.   METHODS: A mixed-methods approach was used with 22 survivors (of 49 eligible) 15 years after a ferry disaster. Data collection included audiotaped interviews with open-ended questions and diagnostic assessment of Axis-I disorders.   RESULTS: The post-disaster incidence was 54% (12/22) for Axis-I disorders, and 45% (10/22) for full or subsyndromal posttraumatic stress disorder. Thematic analysis revealed that survivor perception of the long-term consequences included positive (character change) and negative aspects (being ascribed a survivor identity). Participants' sought social support for several years, yet many felt hindered by experiential dissimilarity and distress of significant others.   CONCLUSIONS: Axis-I disorders were prevalent, but not salient to survivors' perceptions in the long-term. Post-disaster interventions need to attend to common barriers to support.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2000-8198",
doi="10.3402/ejpt.v4i0.20650",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v4i0.20650"
}