Open AccessPTSD and comorbid depression: Social support and self-efficacy in World Trade Center tower survivors 14–15 years after 9/11.
Author(s) -
Shane W. Adams,
Rosemarie M. Bowler,
Katherine Russell,
Robert M. Brackbill,
Jiehui Li,
James E. Cone
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
psychological trauma
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.059
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1942-9681
pISSN - 1942-969X
DOI - 10.1037/tra0000404
Subject(s) - tower , world trade center , depression (economics) , center (category theory) , social support , psychology , self efficacy , clinical psychology , psychiatry , gerontology , psychotherapist , political science , medicine , history , economics , archaeology , chemistry , law , crystallography , macroeconomics , terrorism
Following the World Trade Center (WTC) terrorist attack in New York City, prevalence rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression remain elevated. Although social support and self-efficacy have been associated with PTSD, little is known about their differential effect on PTSD and depressive comorbidity.