Psychological Sequelae of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks in New York City
Author(s) -
Sandro Galea,
Jennifer Ahern,
Heidi S. Resnick,
Dean G. Kilpatrick,
Michael J. Bucuvalas,
Joel A. Gold,
David Vlahov
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmsa013404
Subject(s) - medicine , depression (economics) , psychiatry , random digit dialing , panic , stressor , ethnic group , anxiety , residence , demography , injury prevention , suicide prevention , poison control , environmental health , population , sociology , anthropology , economics , macroeconomics
The scope of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, was unprecedented in the United States. We assessed the prevalence and correlates of acute post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression among residents of Manhattan five to eight weeks after the attacks.
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