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The aftermath of industrial accidents can affect victims for many years and the threat of death in such events can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for some.
Take a disaster such as the Piper Alpha oil rig - on 6 July 1988, a fire on board this heavily-populated oil rig led to a massive explosion which destroyed most of the production platform.
Aberdeen Traumatic Stress Centre was set up as a result of the many survivors, relatives and accident helpers caught up in that disaster suffering stress-related problems.
About 150 people with the mental health condition are now sent there as referrals each year, although these days few referrals relate to the Piper Alpha disaster.
Sufferers come from all over the UK after getting caught up in tragedies, explosions and other near-death experiences and they are referred by GPs, the navy, army and RAF, fire, ambulance and police services.
Perhaps easily written down as a diagnosis, the effects of PTSD on patients can be immensely painful and difficult, even leading to suicidal tendencies.
PTSD may be considered to be a natural response to terrible situations, but the reactions of sufferers and how they experience it no doubt seems most unnatural, sometimes causing psychiatric illness including such conditions as depression and anxiety.
Treatment by medical and mental health professionals can be quite effective, according to reports.
It might involve discussion groups, family therapy, psychotherapy and CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) to try to tackle mental pain (sometimes felt literally in the head), painful feelings, emotional disturbance, sleeplessness, depressive feelings, hopelessness, anxiousness, or unnatural' thoughts (the list of symptoms seems long).
Post-traumatic stress disorder could be best summed up as a psychological illness that people experience as "reliving painful memories against their will".
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