Anticipating PTSD in severe COVID survivors: the case for screen-and-treat

Talya Greene; Sharif El-Leithy; Jo Billings; Idit Albert; Jennifer Birch; Mari Campbell; Kim Ehntholt; Lorna Fortune; Nicola Gilbert; Nick Grey; Laurinne Hana; Helen Kennerley; Deborah Lee; Sarah Lunn; Dominic Murphy; Mary Robertson; Dorothy Wade; Chris R. Brewin; Michael A.P. Bloomfield

doi:10.1080/20008198.2021.1959707

Anticipating PTSD in severe COVID survivors: the case for screen-and-treat

Talya Greene
, Sharif El-Leithy
, Jo Billings
, Idit Albert
, Jennifer Birch
, Mari Campbell
, Kim Ehntholt
, Lorna Fortune
, Nicola Gilbert
, Nick Grey
, Laurinne Hana
, Helen Kennerley
, Deborah Lee
, Sarah Lunn
, Dominic Murphy
, Mary Robertson
, Dorothy Wade
, Chris R. Brewin
, Michael A.P. Bloomfield

Department of Community Mental Health

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Abstract

Based on research from previous pandemics, studies of critical care survivors, and emerging COVID-19 data, we estimate that up to 30% of survivors of severe COVID will develop PTSD. PTSD is frequently undetected across primary and secondary care settings and the psychological needs of survivors may be overshadowed by a focus on physical recovery. Delayed PTSD diagnosis is associated with poor outcomes. There is a clear case for survivors of severe COVID to be systematically screened for PTSD, and those that develop PTSD should receive timely access to evidence-based treatment for PTSD and other mental health problems by multidisciplinary teams.

Original language	English
Article number	1959707
Journal	European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Volume	13
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1959707
State	Published - 2022

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Keywords

PTSD assessment
Psychological trauma
critical care
intensive care
long COVID
mental health screening
COVID-19/epidemiology
Mass Screening
Pandemics
Humans
Survivors/psychology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/diagnosis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Psychiatry and Mental health

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Greene, T., El-Leithy, S., Billings, J., Albert, I., Birch, J., Campbell, M., Ehntholt, K., Fortune, L., Gilbert, N., Grey, N., Hana, L., Kennerley, H., Lee, D., Lunn, S., Murphy, D., Robertson, M., Wade, D., Brewin, C. R., & Bloomfield, M. A. P. (2022). Anticipating PTSD in severe COVID survivors: the case for screen-and-treat. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 13(1), Article 1959707. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1959707

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