Table 4.

Agreement and practice: preventive early psychosocial interventions (Total N and relative percentages)

	Agreement								Practice
	European Union				Netherlands				European Union				Netherlands
	N	No	?	Yes	N	No	?	Yes	N	No	?	Yes	N	No	?	Yes
Information is offered to those affected consisting of:
(a) nothing (no information is given)a	27	96	4	0	86	83	1	16	26	81	12	8	73	71	12	16
(b) a reassuring explanation about normal reactions	27	4	4	93	88	1	0	99	26	4	12	85	75	4	8	88
(c) explaining when to seek help	27	4	4	93	86	5	2	93	26	8	8	85	73	6	16	78
(d) advising to resume their everyday routine	27	4	4	93	84	4	2	94	26	27	19	54	70	9	19	73
(e) preventive psycho-educationa	26	15	8	77	78	6	9	85	25	24	32	44	68	15	24	62
Relief workers engage in psychological triage (identification of victims with psychological disorders and/or serious clinical symptoms that need diagnosis and/or treatment)	24	8	4	88	83	2	4	94	23	35	9	57	73	10	15	75
In psychological triage, a distinction is made between (a) victims without mental disorders and/or serious clinical symptoms, (b) victims with regard to whom there is some doubt as to whether they have a psychological disorder and/or serious clinical symptoms (c) victims with mental disorders and/or serious clinical symptoms	27	7	7	85	78	1	9	90	26	27	19	54	63	10	33	57
Peer support is provided	27	4	4	93	85	5	4	92	26	39	12	50	73	8	10	82
To prevent PTSD and other serious disorders in victims, psychological “debriefing” takes placea	27	56	15	30	83	84	8	7	26	58	19	23	69	75	17	7
To prevent PTSD and other serious disorders in relief workers, psychological “debriefing” takes placea	27	37	4	59	82	63	17	20	26	62	4	35	70	59	29	13
Psychological debriefing is also given to childrena	25	48	20	32	77	78	16	7	24	67	21	13	69	62	28	10

^aNegatively formulated recommendations: these items are inconsistent with the Dutch guidelines.