Teachers’ support role in the community can increase their PTSD vulnerability

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Teachers’ support role in the community can increase their PTSD vulnerability

11 April 2018

David McBride

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Wednesday 11 April 2018, 02:00 AM

A study among “non-traditional responders” in post-earthquake Christchurch found teachers were a group significantly affected psychologically; and, in a wider context, this article makes the case that teacher support is an urgent issue

I have been let loose on unsuspecting tertiary students for over 30 years – up until 2012, this was without formal qualifications, bar a postgraduate , figure 1, Figure 1. Trajectories of PCL-C scores among frontline workers in post-earthquake Christchurch

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References

1. McBride D, Porter N, Lovelock K et al. Risk and protective factors for the course of post-traumatic stress disorder in frontline workers after the Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal 2018.

2. Kuntz JRC, Näswall K, Bockett A. Keep calm and carry on? An investigation of teacher burnout in a post-disaster context. N Z J Psychology 2013;42(1):83–94.

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