Information de reference pour ce titreAccession Number: | 00003152-200339020-00005.
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Author: | Chen, Hongtu Ph.D.; Chung, Henry M.D.; Chen, Teddy M.S.W.; Fang, Lin M.S.W.; Chen, Jian-Ping M.D., Ph.D.
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Institution: | Hongtu Chen is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and Charles B. Wang Community Health Center. Henry Chung is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine. Teddy Chen and Lin Fang are affiliated with the School of Social Work, Columbia University and the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center. Jian-Ping Chen is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center.
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Title: | The Emotional Distress in a Community After the Terrorist Attack on the World Trade Center.[Report]
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Source: | Community Mental Health Journal. 39(2):157-165, April 2003.
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Abstract: | Objectives: To examine psychological impact of the September 11th disaster on the immediate neighborhood of the New York World Trade Center.
Methods: 555 residents from the local Chinatown community participated in the study. They were surveyed retrospectively on their emotional distress immediately after the tragedy and five months later.
Results: Prevalent anxiety was found in general community residents and additional depression in those who lost family members or friends. The mental health condition of the community improved tremendously five months later, with the initial 59% of general residents having 4 or more emotional symptoms dropping to 17%. However, More than half of the community residents had persistently shown one or more symptoms of emotional distress. Those who had lost a family member or friend in the disaster showed significantly higher distress, with 90% of them had four or more major psychiatric symptoms during the first few weeks right after the disaster, and the rate dropped to 35% five months later. Overall, those in their 40s and 50s seemed to have had relatively higher emotional distress than both younger and older groups.
Discussion: Methodological limitations were discussed concerning retrospective reporting and sample characteristics.
(C)2003 Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Author Keywords: | emotional distress; disaster; September 11th; community.
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Language: | English.
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Document Type: | BRIEF REPORT.
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Journal Subset: | Behavioral & Social Sciences.
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ISSN: | 0010-3853
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NLM Journal Code: | dnh, 0005735
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