Accession Number:

ADA472776

Title:

How to TRiM Away at Post Traumatic Stress Reactions: Traumatic Risk Management - Now and in the Future

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

KING'S CENTRE FOR MILITARY HEALTH RESEARCH LONDON (UNITED KINGDOM) WESTON EDUCATION CENTRE

Personal Author(s):

• Greenbery, Neil
• Langston, Vicky
• Scott, Roydon

Report Date:

2006-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

Numerous organisations, including the Armed Forces, routinely place their personnel into potentially traumatic environments. It is known that exposure to traumatic events can lead to the development of psychological distress, lowered morale and organisational difficulty. It follows that military personnel are at increased risk of developing trauma related psychological problems and as such it would be useful if a system could be put in place to mitigate such risks. This paper aims to examine the development of Trauma Risk Management or TRiM, a system that was pioneered with the Royal Marines, and to explain the validation study that is now underway to investigate what place, if any, TRiM has in the routine management of traumatic events that effect naval personnel.

Descriptors:

• *STRESS(PSYCHOLOGY)
• *EXPOSURE(PHYSIOLOGY)
• *TRAUMA
• *RISK MANAGEMENT
• MILITARY PERSONNEL
• SYMPOSIA
• BELGIUM
• MORALE
• VALIDATION
• NAVAL PERSONNEL

Subject Categories:

• Psychology
• Stress Physiology
• Military Forces and Organizations

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE