@article{ref1,
title="Psychiatric disorders among victims of a courthouse shooting spree: a three-year follow-up study",
journal="Community mental health journal",
year="2002",
author="Johnson, Stephen D. and North, Carol S. and Smith, E. M.",
volume="38",
number="3",
pages="181-94; discussion 195",
abstract="This study examined the longitudinal course of psychiatric sequelae of a mass shooting incident at a courthouse. A sample of 80 individuals was examined 6-8 weeks after the incident and 77 of these were reassessed one and three years later using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule/Disaster Supplement. Only 5% of the study sample met criteria for PTSD after this incident. Universal distress, however, was evident as 96% of the respondents reported PTSD symptoms and 75% described the incident as "very upsetting." The need for intervention among symptomatic individuals not meeting diagnostic criteria should not be discounted as subdiagnostic distress may warrant specific intervention.",
language="",
issn="0010-3853",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}