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Back to where it happened: self-reported symptom improvement of tsunami survivors who returned to the disaster areaTrond Heir
Norwegian Center for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies
Prehosp Disaster Med 21:59-63. 2006..The aim of this study was to investigate whether the Tsunami affected the participants' psychological problems...
Acute disaster exposure and mental health complaints of Norwegian tsunami survivors six months post disasterTrond Heir
Norwegian Center for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Ulleval University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Psychiatry 71:266-76. 2008..Dose-response relationships to psychological distress were found for single exposure factors as well as for the cumulative effects of being exposed to several exposure variables...- Hallmarks of posttraumatic stress: symptom Z-scores in a tsunami-affected tourist populationTrond Heir
Norwegian Center for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Oslo, Norway
Psychopathology 42:157-64. 2009.... - Longitudinal changes in recalled perceived life threat after a natural disasterTrond Heir
Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Building 48, Kirkeveien 166, Oslo N 0407, Norway
Br J Psychiatry 194:510-4. 2009..Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis often depends on a retrospective, self-report of exposure to a life-threatening event... - Overweight as predictor of long-term mortality among healthy, middle-aged men: a prospective cohort studyT Heir
Oslo University Hospital, Kirkeveien 166, N 0407 Oslo, Norway
Prev Med 52:223-6. 2011..However, little is known about whether this association may be explained by physical fitness. Thus, we aimed to examine this association in a long-term follow-up, with adjustment for fitness... - Tsunami-affected Scandinavian tourists: disaster exposure and post-traumatic stress symptomsTrond Heir
Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Nord J Psychiatry 65:9-15. 2011..Studies of short- and long-term mental effects of natural disasters have reported a high prevalence of post-traumatic stress. Less is known about disaster-exposed tourists repatriated to stable societies... - Posttraumatic stress symptom clusters associations with psychopathology and functional impairmentTrond Heir
Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, University of Oslo, Norway
J Anxiety Disord 24:936-40. 2010.... 
World assumptions, posttraumatic stress and quality of life after a natural disaster: a longitudinal studyEgil Nygaard
Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Oslo, Norway
Health Qual Life Outcomes 10:76. 2012..The objective of the present study was to gain a greater understanding of how changes in world assumptions are related to quality of life and posttraumatic stress symptoms after a natural disaster...- Bereavement and mental health after sudden and violent losses: a reviewPål Kristensen
Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Kirkeveien 166, Building 48, 0407 Oslo, Norway
Psychiatry 75:76-97. 2012..Given the special circumstances, bereavement following sudden and violent death may require different interventions than for loss from natural death. Recommendations for future research and clinical implications are discussed... - Psychiatric disorders and functional impairment among disaster victims after exposure to a natural disaster: a population based studyAjmal Hussain
Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Kirkeveien 166, N 0407 Oslo, Norway
J Affect Disord 128:135-41. 2011..We aimed to examine psychiatric morbidity and functional impairment after a natural disaster... - The Norwegian version of the PTSD Checklist (PCL): construct validity in a community sample of 2004 tsunami survivorsCamilla Hem
Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, University of Oslo
Nord J Psychiatry 66:355-9. 2012..Aim: Evaluate the diagnostic validity of the Norwegian version of a specific PCL (PCL-S) for detecting PTSD in epidemiological research... - Family structure and posttraumatic stress reactions: a longitudinal study using multilevel analysesEgil Nygaard
Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Kirkeveien 166, Building 48, 0407 Oslo, Norway
BMC Psychiatry 11:195. 2011..We longitudinally studied the effects of marital and parental statuses on posttraumatic stress reactions after the 2004 Southeast Asian tsunami and whether persons in the same households had more shared stress reactions than others... - Psychiatric disorders among disaster bereaved: an interview study of individuals directly or not directly exposed to the 2004 tsunamiPål Kristensen
Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, 0407 Oslo, Norway
Depress Anxiety 26:1127-33. 2009..This study examined the prevalence and predictors of mental disorders and psychological distress in bereaved individuals either directly or not directly exposed to the 2004 tsunami disaster... - Parental mental health after the accidental death of a son during military service: 23-year follow-up studyPål Kristensen
Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, University of Oslo, Kirkeveien 166, Oslo, Norway
J Nerv Ment Dis 200:63-8. 2012..The loss of a son during military service may have a substantial impact on parental mental health particularly during the first 2 years after death. Spouses' grief can be interrelated and may contribute to their psychological distress... - Brief measure of posttraumatic stress reactions: impact of Event Scale-6Siri Thoresen
Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Kirkeveien 166, 0407, Oslo, Norway
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 45:405-12. 2010..The aim of this study was to develop and validate an abbreviated version of the IES-R that could capture the three current symptom clusters of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)... - Changes in religious beliefs and the relation of religiosity to posttraumatic stress and life satisfaction after a natural disasterAjmal Hussain
Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Oslo, Norway
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 46:1027-32. 2011..To study changes in religious beliefs and predictors of such changes in a community sample exposed to a natural disaster, and to investigate whether religiosity was linked to post-disaster mental distress or life satisfaction... - Nonresponse to a population-based postdisaster postal questionnaire studyAjmal Hussain
Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, N 0407 Oslo, Norway
J Trauma Stress 22:324-8. 2009..2%), and "too personal or emotionally disturbing" (15.2%). Our findings suggest that postdisaster studies may be biased in the direction of more severe disaster exposure and pronounced posttraumatic stress reactions... - Changes in alcohol consumption after a natural disaster: a study of Norwegian survivors after the 2004 Southeast Asia tsunamiAstri Nordløkken
Norwegian Center for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Kirkeveien 166, House no 48, Oslo, NO 0450, Norway
BMC Public Health 13:58. 2013.... - Association of violence against partner and former victim experiences: a sample of clients voluntarily attending therapyIngunn Rangul Askeland
Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Kirkeveien 166, Oslo, Norway
J Interpers Violence 26:1095-110. 2011..05). Specifically, physical abuse was associated with psychologically controlling behavior (p < .05) and sexual abuse with sexual violence (p < .05)...