Psychiatric medication use among Manhattan residents following the World Trade Center disaster

Psychiatric medication use among Manhattan residents following the World Trade Center disaster.

To assess medication use in New York after the September 11th attacks, a telephone survey was conducted in October 2001 (N = 1,008). The prevalence of psychiatric medication use 30 days before the disaster was 8.9 and 11.6% 30 days after, a small but significant increase. The most important factor predicting postdisaster use was predisaster use--92% of those who used medications postdisaster us...

World Trade Center Disaster and Asthma Type

Chemosensory Loss: Functional Consequences of the World Trade Center Disaster

BACKGROUND Individuals involved in rescue, recovery, demolition, and cleanup at the World Trade Center (WTC) site were exposed to a complex mixture of airborne smoke, dust, combustion gases, acid mists, and metal fumes. Such exposures have the potential to impair nasal chemosensory (olfactory and trigeminal) function. OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of chemosen...

The longitudinal course of PTSD among disaster workers deployed to the World Trade Center following the attacks of September 11th.

This study examined the long-term mental health outcomes of 2,960 nonrescue disaster workers deployed to the World Trade Center site in New York City following the September 11, 2001 (9/11) terrorist attacks. Semistructured interviews and standardized self-report measures were used to assess the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other psychopathology 4 and 6 years after the...

Emergent Coordination in the World Trade Center Disaster

In this paper, we investigate coordination within responder radio communications during the World Trade Center disaster. Using a network analytic approach, we identify agents who exhibit high levels of coordinative activity. Agents are further classified by whether they appear to occupy formal roles whose responsibilities include coordination of communication, and by whether the agents belong t...