@article{ref1,
title="The 9/11 terrorist attack and posttraumatic stress disorder revisited",
journal="Journal of nervous and mental disease",
year="2010",
author="Breslau, Naomi and Bohnert, Kipling M. and Koenen, Karestan C.",
volume="198",
number="8",
pages="539-543",
abstract="Research published in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attack reported elevated rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the US population (4.3%-17.0%), attributable to indirect exposure through the media. We use data from a national survey conducted in 2004 to 2005 (National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions Wave 2) (n = 34,653). The list of traumatic events covered in the survey included indirect exposure to 9/11 through media coverage. Respondents who endorsed more than 1 traumatic event were asked to single out &quot;the worst event&quot; they had ever experienced. The worst event (or the only event) was the index event for diagnosing PTSD. Indirect experience of 9/11 had the lowest PTSD risk of all the traumatic events in the list, 1.3%. In the subset that endorsed only 9/11 indirect exposure (n = 3981), the PTSD risk was 0.3%. Of the total sample, 0.7% experienced PTSD in relation to indirect 9/11. Explanations for the lower estimates are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3018",
doi="10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181ea1e2f",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181ea1e2f"
}