SOCRATES
SOCRATES 11 (synopsis of Cochrane reviews applicable to emergency services)
1 Specialist Registrars in Emergency Medicine on the Yorkshire Rotation, UK
2 General Practitioner, Leeds, UK
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Dr P Gilligan
1 Far Moss, Alwoodley, Leeds, Yorkshire LS17 7NU, UK; hegartydeirdre@ireland.com
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In this the eleventh article of the SOCRATES series we present our synopses of reviews from the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews relating to counselling, psychology, and psychiatry that the working party felt were of particular relevance to emergency medicine practitioners. The methods of our review and the rationale for the forming the SOCRATES working party are as have previously been published.
Twenty five per cent of those involved in a road traffic accident have a defined psychiatric disorder one year later, with up to 11% displaying post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Debriefing involves emotional processing by encouraging recollection of the traumatic event. The objective of this review was to assess the effectiveness of a single session of debriefing in the reduction and prevention of psychological morbidity after traumatic events.
A total of 8 randomised trials were identified involving over 600 patients. The studies covered violent crime, burns, road traffic accidents,
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