Impact of Capacity Building of Healthcare Workers on Management of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

This is a community- and hospital-based interventional study consisting of two interventions: * Capacity building of healthcare workers (HCWs) in the intervention group (Buea Regional Hospital, selected by simple random sampling-balloting method) on management of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among road traffic injury (RTI) patients (victims). This intervention will be evaluated using pre/posttest scores via a questionnaire to be administered to HCWs to assess change in knowledge and comfort level in PTSD management and 6 months of follow-up to assess change in practice (number of RTI patients screened for PTSD and number of identified PTSD cases referred for treatment to mental health specialists) after the capacity building. * Also, a pre/post quasi-experimental study design without a control group where psychotherapy will be used in a 6-month follow-up of RTI patients diagnosed with PTSD. The participants (RTI patients diagnosed with PTSD) that will be used for this pre/post quasi-experimental study using psychotherapy will come from the baseline study where the prevalence of PTSD among RTI victims will be determined. The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if capacity building of healthcare workers on the management (screening, treatment, and referral) of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among road traffic injury (RTI) patients in hospitals leads to change in knowledge and comfort level of healthcare workers in screening and timely management of PTSD to improve patients' outcomes. Given that attention to care for RTI victims in hospitals in Cameroon and Fako Division in particular is focused on physical care, this study seeks to ensure the provision of holistic care to RTI victims in hospitals, which is in line with the definition of health (comprising the mental, physical, and social well-being of individuals and not just the mere absence of disease or infirmity) by the World Health Organization (WHO). This study will also, through the pre/po