which uses cognitive behavioural therapy to help people overcome trauma. drjennifer wild is the lead author of the research at oxford university and runs the shape recovery programme shejoins me now. i m interested that researchers say they are shocked at the number of staff being referred to them. i wonder how surprised you were from what you found? we wonder how surprised you were from what you found? what you found? we have found very hirh what you found? we have found very hiuh rates what you found? we have found very high rates of what you found? we have found very high rates of ptsd what you found? we have found very high rates of ptsd and what you found? we have found very high rates of ptsd and depression. i high rates of ptsd and depression. we re quite confident these rates, because we conducted the gold standard measures of diagnostic interviews, as opposed to collecting self measures, which is the least accurate way. we have conducted these diagnostic interviews,
expected rates to be lower than what we found that we found that 44% had ptsd and 39% had depression. that was surprising. the other surprising finding was the trauma associated with ptsd to significant proportion of the health care workers related to coronavirus trauma, and a higher proportion of health care workers related to trauma before the pandemic, but it was difficult to deal with during the pandemic, most likely due to the high demands of working with pandemic working. you artiall working with pandemic working. you partially answered the question i wanted to ask you. perhaps you could elaborate a match as to why you think the rates are so high? element there are a number of contributing factors to the high rates. but we have discovered with this study is there a high rates of personal and occupational trauma in health workers. this is notjust difficult events we might see on the job, but
they have trauma in their personal lives. there are two traumas contributing to factors. with the pandemic working, health care workers have been under enormous stress, very long hours, sometimes isolated conditions and living away from family in a hotel, for example, and unable to use to lies that usual support networks. this and unable to use to lies that usual sopport networks- support networks. this has been difficult to make support networks. this has been difficult to make it support networks. this has been difficult to make it deal- support networks. this has been difficult to make it deal with - support networks. this has been difficult to make it deal with the | difficult to make it deal with the earlier trauma which is fired into high rates of ptsd. bind earlier trauma which is fired into high rates of ptsd. earlier trauma which is fired into high rates of ptsd. and nhs workers sa s the high rates of ptsd. and nhs workers says they have high rates of ptsd. and nhs wor
out of the stressful situation. it s characterised by memories that come to mind, nightmares, flashbacks to the trauma, lots of avoidant symptoms around avoiding triggers because you don t want your mind to because you don t want your mind to be flooded with memories. feeling negatively about yourself, as well as hyper arousal systems, and difficulty sleeping. you feel short fused, anti your temper rises quickly. lots of different symptoms which can come on quite quickly and it makes someone feel like they are losing their minds, which is also a stressful symptom. losing their minds, which is also a stressfulsymptom. it s losing their minds, which is also a stressful symptom. it s a really uncomfortable disorder, and it does respond to treatment, so we encourage people to get in touch with us, because we have well