Citation

Carlier IV, Gersons BPR. J. Trauma. Stress 1997; 10(2): 329-335.

Affiliation

Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Department of Psychiatry, The Netherlands.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9136097

Abstract

This article examined posttraumatic stress symptoms in a sample of disaster victims following the Bijlmermeer plane crash of October, 1992, in the Netherlands. Findings indicated that six months after the disaster 26% of the respondents were suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The victims' PTSD was strongly associated with material damage and loss. The discussion of the results focuses on the distinction between normal and pathological stress reactions and the implications for disaster after-care.

Language: en