The Seamen’s Church Institute, in collaboration with New York’s Mount Sinai School of Medicine has brought out a report from its clinical study of the effects of piracy on the seafarers. The interviews of 154 seafarers form the basis of the findings. SCI’s Clinical Researcher Dr.Michael S. Garfinkle says: “During encounters with pirates, seafarers experience traumatic events that may lead to clinically significant emotional consequences”. SCI plans to discuss with the ship owners and persuade them to frame some Human Resources Protocols for treatment. The second report highlights some very significant facts. The seafarers thought that their job was not “unduly stressful under normal conditions”. The seafarers, who were held captive or were under pirate attacks, developed clinically significant symptoms later. According to another finding, “Less than one third of these seafarers felt that they had received adequate follow-up care”. Dr. Garfinkle says: “We need to address mental health needs of seafarers with the same thorough standards used in the evaluation of other medical needs”.
Saturday, 6 October 2012
SCI‘s report on the psychological impact of piracy on seafarers
The Seamen’s Church Institute, in collaboration with New York’s Mount Sinai School of Medicine has brought out a report from its clinical study of the effects of piracy on the seafarers. The interviews of 154 seafarers form the basis of the findings. SCI’s Clinical Researcher Dr.Michael S. Garfinkle says: “During encounters with pirates, seafarers experience traumatic events that may lead to clinically significant emotional consequences”. SCI plans to discuss with the ship owners and persuade them to frame some Human Resources Protocols for treatment. The second report highlights some very significant facts. The seafarers thought that their job was not “unduly stressful under normal conditions”. The seafarers, who were held captive or were under pirate attacks, developed clinically significant symptoms later. According to another finding, “Less than one third of these seafarers felt that they had received adequate follow-up care”. Dr. Garfinkle says: “We need to address mental health needs of seafarers with the same thorough standards used in the evaluation of other medical needs”.
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