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| Peter G van der VeldenSummaryAffiliation: Institute for Psychotrauma Country: The Netherlands Publications
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Mental health problems among search and rescue workers deployed in the Haïti earthquake 2010: a pre-post comparisonPeter G van der Velden
Institute for Psychotrauma, Diemen, The Netherlands
Psychiatry Res 198:100-5. 2012..Findings suggest that post-disaster health problems may (partly) be prevented by enhancing or restoring protective factors...
Post-disaster mental health problems and the utilization of mental health services: a four-year longitudinal comparative studyPeter G van der Velden
Institute for Psychotrauma, Zaltbommel, The Netherlands
Adm Policy Ment Health 33:279-88. 2006..Results suggest that after a disaster survivors with mental health problems are less reluctant to use MHS than under normal circumstances...- The independent predictive value of peritraumatic dissociation for PTSD symptomatology after type I trauma: a systematic review of prospective studiesPeter G van der Velden
Institute for Psychotrauma, Van Heemstraweg west 5, 5301 PA Zaltbommel, The Netherlands
Clin Psychol Rev 28:1009-20. 2008..Results indicate that initial mental health problems, among other factors, are better predictors of PTSD symptomatology than PD... - Correlates of mental health services utilization 18 months and almost 4 years postdisaster among adults with mental health problemsPeter G van der Velden
Institute for Psychotrauma IvP, Zaltbommel, The Netherlands
J Trauma Stress 20:1029-39. 2007..Receiving treatment at T2 was positively associated with receiving treatment at T3, as opposed to medium optimism at T2... - Smoking as a risk factor for mental health disturbances after a disaster: a prospective comparative studyPeter G van der Velden
Institute for Psychotrauma, Zaltbommel, The Netherlands
J Clin Psychiatry 68:87-92. 2007..To assess whether smoking is a(n) (independent) risk factor for mental health problems among adult disaster victims and among a nonexposed comparison group... - The association between dispositional optimism and mental health problems among disaster victims and a comparison group: a prospective studyPeter G van der Velden
Institute for Psychotrauma, Zaltbommel, The Netherlands
J Affect Disord 102:35-45. 2007.... - The independent predictive value of peritraumatic dissociation for postdisaster intrusions, avoidance reactions, and PTSD symptom severity: a 4-year prospective studyPeter G van der Velden
Institute for Psychotrauma, Zaltbommel, The Netherlands
J Trauma Stress 19:493-506. 2006..Results suggest that an early screening procedure for peritraumatic dissociation, which is aimed at identifying disaster victims who are at risk for long-term psychological disturbances can be omitted... 
Smoking predicts posttraumatic stress symptoms among rescue workers: a prospective study of ambulance personnel involved in the Enschede Fireworks DisasterPeter G van der Velden
Institute for Psychotrauma IvP, Zaltbommel, The Netherlands
Drug Alcohol Depend 94:267-71. 2008..Examining whether smoking is a risk factor for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among rescue workers affected by a disaster...- Use of mental health services among disaster survivors: predisposing factorsDirk Jan den Ouden
Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research NIVEL, Utrecht, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 7:173. 2007..This study examines predictors for mental health services (MHS) utilization among survivors of a man-made disaster in the Netherlands (May 2000)... - Selective attrition and bias in a longitudinal health survey among survivors of a disasterBellis van den Berg
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment RIVM, A van Leeuwenhoeklaan 6, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
BMC Med Res Methodol 7:8. 2007..Little is known about the response mechanisms among survivors of disasters. We studied the selective attrition and possible bias in a longitudinal study among survivors of a fireworks disaster... - Are physical symptoms among survivors of a disaster presented to the general practitioner? A comparison between self-reports and GP dataBellis van den Berg
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
BMC Health Serv Res 7:150. 2007..e. were the symptoms related to a medical diagnosis or could they be labeled MUS?.. - The correspondence between persistent self-reported post-traumatic problems and general practitioners' reports after a major disasterAnnelieke N Drogendijk
Institute for Psychotrauma IvP, Zaltbommel, The Netherlands
Psychol Med 37:193-202. 2007..The aim of this study is to analyse this correspondence and to identify the factors associated with GPs' detection of persistent psychological problems... - Lack of perceived social support among immigrants after a disaster: comparative studyAnnelieke N Drogendijk
Institute for Psychotrauma, Nienoord 5, 1112 XE, Diemen, The Netherlands
Br J Psychiatry 198:317-22. 2011..However, it is unclear to what extent these differences can be attributed to post-disaster mental health problems or whether they were present before the event... - Acculturation and post-disaster mental health problems among affected and non-affected immigrants: a comparative studyAnnelieke N Drogendijk
Institute for Psychotrauma, Diemen, The Netherlands
J Affect Disord 138:485-9. 2012..It is unknown to what extent acculturation among disaster-affected immigrants is associated with mental health problems (MHP) compared to non-affected immigrants... - Persistent mental health disturbances during the 10 years after a disaster: four-wave longitudinal comparative studyPeter G van der Velden
INTERVICT, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 67:110-8. 2013..The aim of the present study was to examine persistent mental health problems and to what extent disaster exposure predicts long-term persistent disturbances...