Screening for consequences of trauma – an update on the global collaboration on traumatic stress
Date
2020
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Taylor & Francis
Abstract
This letter provides an update on the activities of “The Global Collaboration on Traumatic
Stress” (GC-TS) as first described by Schnyder et al. in 2017. It presents in further detail the
projects of the first theme, in particular the development of and initial data on the Global
Psychotrauma Screen (GPS), a brief instrument designed to screen for the wide range of
potential outcomes of trauma. English language data and ongoing studies in several
languages provide a first indication that the GPS is a feasible, reliable and valid tool, a
tool that may be very useful in the current pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19). Further multi-language and cross-cultural validation is needed.
Since the start of the GC-TS, new themes have been introduced to focus on in the
coming years: a) Forcibly displaced persons, b) Global prevalence of stress and trauma
related disorders, c) Socio-emotional development across cultures, and d) Collaborating to
make traumatic stress research data “FAIR”. The most recent theme added is that of Global
crises, currently focusing on COVID-19-related projects.
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CITATION: Olff, M. et al. 2020. Screening for consequences of trauma – an update on the global collaboration on traumatic stress. European Journal of Psychotraymatology, 11:1752504, doi:10.1080/20008198.2020.1752504.
The original publication is available at https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/ejpt
The original publication is available at https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/ejpt
Keywords
COVID-19 (Disease), Psychic trauma, Stress (Psychology)
Citation
Olff, M. et al. 2020. Screening for consequences of trauma – an update on the global collaboration on traumatic stress. European Journal of Psychotraymatology, 11:1752504, doi:10.1080/20008198.2020.1752504.