Improvement of the Diagnosis and Medico-legal Management of Psychological Trauma in Patients Involved in the Terrorist Attack in Nice on the 14th July 2016 (PSYCHIC)

University Hospital Center (CHU) Dijon Bourgogne

Status: Completed

Conditions: Registration of a Complaint Following the Terrorist Attack of 14 July 2016

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03264469

LOISEAU 2016

Details and patient eligibility

About

Psychological trauma is a major public health concern that affects numerous patients who have experienced traumatic events.

The objective of our research was to improve the diagnosis and management of persons experiencing such events.

We will seek to determine factors brought into play in the construction of psychological trauma and the best way to identify them so as to implement the optimal management of patients and ensure recognition of this condition.

In addition, in the context of our activity as expert witnesses, we will study the methods used to assess and quantify psychological trauma.

In this respect, a medical appointment will be made by a nurse of the Forensic Medicine Department of Dijon CHU. During this consultation, a self-report questionnaire will be completed by the patient alone to evaluate the level of acute stress followed by a psychiatric consultation and completion of the IES-R questionnaire with the doctor to identify symptoms of psychological trauma.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who have registered a complaint leading to the involvement of the Forensic Medicine Department of DIJON CHU to evaluate requests for temporary sick leave for psychological reasons following the event in NICE on the 14 July 2016.

Exclusion criteria

• Refusal of the patient to attend the consultation proposed by the Forensic Medicine Department of DIJON CHU,
• Refusal of the patient to take part in a clinical study.
• Verbal information about the clinical study when the appointment was made by the Forensic Medicine nurse,
• Reiteration of the verbal information during the consultation,
• A letter and an official information document given to each patient by the DIJON CHU research Unit stating the objectives and methods of the clinical study,
• Contact details of the Forensic Medicine Department given to patients if they have any questions about the study.