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generations, interfering with the psychological development of children.
(Klaric, Kvesic et al. 2013).
We have chosen to offer to treat all members of a community in an area
with traumatic events ex juvantibus, which means without diagnosis of
PTSD. Since most of the people in the area have been directly involved in
traumatic experiences, a large number of them are liable to develop
symptoms, with significant psychosocial meaning, such as possible
substance abuse and other negative health outcomes. (Warner, Warner et
al. 2013).
TTT will have an effect and involves very little effort or time and no cost.
We focus on being able to reach as many as possible. A longer, more
formal procedure of diagnosing their symptoms would be more demanding
of personal, require more administration and take longer time. In some
cases it would also possibly be re-traumatising.
We suggest that more objective methods for diagnosing stress such as
Heart Rate Variability could be standardised and added to the eld since the
relation to post-traumatic stress has been indicated by studies where
veterans with combat-related PTSD displayed significantly depressed HRV
as compared to subjects without PTSD (Tan, Dao et al. 2011).
Our findings show that a single session of the first aid Trauma Tapping
Technique seems to significantly lower the subjective symptoms of post-
traumatic stress. Our results and experiences from working since 2007 in
the same challenged areas indicates that TTT is a valid approach for
improving mental and emotional health on a first aid level in zones of post-
con ict. We invite studies to be repeated with a re ned structure and the
implications for the general health in the participants to be followed up as
well – either on a personal level or by monitoring police and hospital reports
of general aggression and psychosocially related violence or suicide. On
one hand, exposure to violence can lead to post-traumatic disorder
symptoms, and on the other hand both violent behaviour and aggression