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Jayshree S. Jani - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Inner-city Victims of Violence and trauma care: the importance of trauma-center discharge and aftercare planning and Violence prevention programs.
Journal of health & social policy, 2005Co-Authors: John R. Belcher, Bruce R. Deforge, Jayshree S. JaniAbstract:Inner-city trauma centers often provide care for disproportionately indigent populations who are Victims of Violence. Many of these Victims of Violence often return to the trauma center with more violent injuries. Research has shown that a majority of these individuals who return to the trauma center for care are expensive to treat, are uninsured and have significant social problems. Two potential policy approaches are discussed: (1) the use of Violence prevention programs to attempt to reduce Violence in the immediate community and subsequently reduce the number of Victims of Violence who are treated in trauma centers and (2) the use of aftercare and discharge models that form an alliance between the trauma center and social service providers in the community. Nontraditional interventions will require the collaboration with hospital departments (emergency medicine, surgery, trauma, social work) and outside agencies, such as the courts and probation and parole. Case management, discharge planning, continuous care treatment teams, and Violence intervention models offer positive alternatives to the current method of addressing the multiple problems of Victims of Violence who frequent the ED.
Mc Kaufmann - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Decreasing the burden of trauma for Victims of Violence.
Annals of emergency medicine, 1997Co-Authors: Mc KaufmannAbstract:Treating Victims of Violence is a routine part of emergency medicine. The predictable physiologic and cognitive sequelae of violent trauma are discussed, with a general timeline of their emergence. Strategies for the psychologic support in the ED of Victims of Violence are described.
John R. Belcher - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Inner-city Victims of Violence and trauma care: the importance of trauma-center discharge and aftercare planning and Violence prevention programs.
Journal of health & social policy, 2005Co-Authors: John R. Belcher, Bruce R. Deforge, Jayshree S. JaniAbstract:Inner-city trauma centers often provide care for disproportionately indigent populations who are Victims of Violence. Many of these Victims of Violence often return to the trauma center with more violent injuries. Research has shown that a majority of these individuals who return to the trauma center for care are expensive to treat, are uninsured and have significant social problems. Two potential policy approaches are discussed: (1) the use of Violence prevention programs to attempt to reduce Violence in the immediate community and subsequently reduce the number of Victims of Violence who are treated in trauma centers and (2) the use of aftercare and discharge models that form an alliance between the trauma center and social service providers in the community. Nontraditional interventions will require the collaboration with hospital departments (emergency medicine, surgery, trauma, social work) and outside agencies, such as the courts and probation and parole. Case management, discharge planning, continuous care treatment teams, and Violence intervention models offer positive alternatives to the current method of addressing the multiple problems of Victims of Violence who frequent the ED.
Maarten Kunst - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Type D personality and posttraumatic stress disorder in Victims of Violence: a cross-sectional exploration
Clinical psychology & psychotherapy, 2011Co-Authors: Maarten Kunst, Stefan Bogaerts, F.w. WinkelAbstract:The current study explored the relationship between type D personality and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among Victims of Violence (n = 189). The basic premise underlying the type D concept is that it is not the experience of negative emotions per se that renders individuals at risk of maladjustment in the face of adversity, but the way they are dealt with. Particularly the combination of high negative affectivity and social inhibition (i.e., the non-expression of emotions and inhibition of behaviours in social interactions) is assumed to be maladaptive. It was hypothesized that a high score on negative affectivity (i.e., above a pre-determined cut-off score) would only contribute to PTSD in the presence of a high score on social inhibition (also above a pre-determined cut-off score). Univariate results indicated that type D subjects (type Ds) reported higher PTSD symptom levels than those characterized by high negative affectivity/low social inhibition or low negative affectivity. Type Ds more often suffered from probable PTSD than non-type Ds. In multivariate analyses, type D personality was associated with an increased risk of probable PTSD above and beyond background variables, while high negative affectivity/low social inhibition was not. Results were discussed in light of victim support practices and study limitations. Key Practitioner Message: • Victims of Violence with type D personality are more prone to report symptom levels that indicate diagnosis of PTSD. • Victim support interventions should be tailored to help Victims with type D personality to maintain their existing social networks, for example through support groups only accessible to Victims and close relatives or friends. Language: en
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Prevalence and predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder among Victims of Violence applying for state compensation.
Journal of interpersonal violence, 2010Co-Authors: Maarten Kunst, Frans Willem Winkel, Stefan BogaertsAbstract:Many studies have focused on the predictive value of Victims’ emotions experienced shortly after Violence exposure to identify those vulnerable for development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, many Victims remain unidentified during the initial recovery phase, yet may still be highly in need of psychological help after substantial time since victimization has passed. Professionals involved in the settlement of civil damage claims filed by Victims of Violence may play an important role in referring Victims with current psychological problems to appropriate treatment services, as they are likely to maintain relations with Victims until all compensation possibilities have been exhausted. As an exploratory examination of this topic, the current study investigates the potential utility of file characteristics as predictors of chronic PTSD among 686 Victims of Violence who had applied for state compensation with the Dutch Victim Compensation Fund (DVCF) in 2006. Identification of significant pr...
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Employment Status and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Following Compensation Seeking in Victims of Violence
Journal of interpersonal violence, 2010Co-Authors: Maarten KunstAbstract:The current study was developed to explore the associations between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), level of compensation for pain and suffering, and employment status in a sample of Victims of Violence (n = 226) who had held a full-time job at time of victimization and had filed a claim with the Dutch Victim Compensation Fund (DVCF) thereafter. Based on previous research, it was expected that PTSD would be associated with current unemployment. If a relationship between the two were to be found, the study would explore whether this should be ascribed to the presence of a sense of foreshortened future. Results confirmed this hypothesis and indicated that participants with PTSD were more prone to be currently unemployed than non-PTSDs. Additional analyses revealed that PTSD symptom severity and symptom cluster scores were also positively associated to higher unemployment rates. The observed relationships were not merely due to a high level of compensation for pain and suffering and failed to remain si...
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Income Attainment among Victims of Violence: Results From a Preliminary Study
Social indicators research, 2009Co-Authors: Maarten Kunst, Stefan Bogaerts, T. Wilthagen, Frans Willem WinkelAbstract:Violent victimisation may have many short-term psychological and physical outcomes. Occasionally, the negative aftermath of Violence persists over time or induces other and more far-reaching consequences. Income attainment after victimisation is one of these outcomes. To date, previous studies have focussed on the income effects of violent victimisation during childhood and adolescence. Violence exposure during the early stages of the life course may frustrate processes of educational and occupational attainment and consequentially result in lower income levels. However, in addition or alternatively, many other and age-independent pathways between violent victimisation and income may be suggested. Prior studies appear to have paid little attention to this issue. Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to explore whether violent victimisation is associated with income levels several years after victimisation, irrespective of the age at which victimisation occurs. Victims of Violence were recruited through the Dutch Victim Compensation Fund. To preliminary estimate the effect of violent victimisation on income, a comparable control group of non-Victims was composed. The study sample contained 206 Victims and 173 non-Victims. Both bivariate correlational and multivariate statistical techniques suggested that violent victimisation is a significant predictor of income. Implications of the presented results were discussed with regard to future research and policy practice.
Bruce R. Deforge - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Inner-city Victims of Violence and trauma care: the importance of trauma-center discharge and aftercare planning and Violence prevention programs.
Journal of health & social policy, 2005Co-Authors: John R. Belcher, Bruce R. Deforge, Jayshree S. JaniAbstract:Inner-city trauma centers often provide care for disproportionately indigent populations who are Victims of Violence. Many of these Victims of Violence often return to the trauma center with more violent injuries. Research has shown that a majority of these individuals who return to the trauma center for care are expensive to treat, are uninsured and have significant social problems. Two potential policy approaches are discussed: (1) the use of Violence prevention programs to attempt to reduce Violence in the immediate community and subsequently reduce the number of Victims of Violence who are treated in trauma centers and (2) the use of aftercare and discharge models that form an alliance between the trauma center and social service providers in the community. Nontraditional interventions will require the collaboration with hospital departments (emergency medicine, surgery, trauma, social work) and outside agencies, such as the courts and probation and parole. Case management, discharge planning, continuous care treatment teams, and Violence intervention models offer positive alternatives to the current method of addressing the multiple problems of Victims of Violence who frequent the ED.
