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TOWARD THE ESTIMATION OF POPULATION IMPACT IN EARLY POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER INTERVENTION TRIALS
Author(s) -
Zatzick Douglas
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
depression and anxiety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.634
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1520-6394
pISSN - 1091-4269
DOI - 10.1002/da.21912
Subject(s) - posttraumatic stress , intervention (counseling) , clinical psychology , population , psychology , estimation , psychiatry , medicine , environmental health , management , economics
Douglas Zatzick, M.D. is currently Professor and Associate Vice Chair for Health Services Research in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, WA. Over the past two decades, he has developed a public health approach to trauma-focused research that has emphasized clinical epidemiologic, functional outcome, and early intervention studies of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related co-morbid conditions. From 2009 to 2012, he has served as Chairperson of the National Institute of Mental Health, Services in Non-specialty Settings (NIMH, SRNS) Study Section. Dr. Zatzick also currently serves on the congressionally mandated United States Institute of Medicine four-year ongoing assessment of PTSD treatment, and the World Health Organization PTSD Guideline Development Group. He has participated in disaster relief and early intervention efforts after Hurricane Katrina and the January 2010 Haiti earthquake. He is Medical Director of the University of Washington’s Harborview Level I Trauma Center Psychiatric Consultation Liaison Service, and in this capacity provides front-line clinical services to ethno-culturally diverse acutely injured trauma survivors. As part of a multidisciplinary collaborative group that includes empiricist trauma surgical policy makers, Dr. Zatzick is working to use clinical trial results to influence policy for PTSD screening and intervention at trauma centers throughout the United States.