@article{ref1,
title="Terrorist attacks and short-long time psychiatric morbidity",
journal="Actas espanolas de psiquiatria",
year="2002",
author="Baca, Enrique and Cabanas, M. L. and Baca-Garcia, E.",
volume="30",
number="2",
pages="85-90",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The victims of terrorist attacks have a lower level of mental health than general population. However this effects has been only demonstrated in short term after the terrorist attack. METHODS: 2998 people from 544 families who have suffered a terrorist attacks. General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28) as a psychopathological screening was used in 1094 people. This sample was divided in direct victims (DV), direct victims' relatives (DVR) and people who meet these two conditions (DVRDV). RESULTS: 39.6% of the sample were probable psychiatric cases. Psychiatric prevalence was higher in DRVDV (54.5%) and DV (52.0%) than in DRV and general population (10-25%). The sample presented worse level of mental health than the general population in short term (0-2 years) (DVR 40%, DV 66.7%, DRVDR 75%) and in long term 18-20 años) (DVR 35.70%, DV 37%, DRVDR 37.5%). CONCLUSION: Both those suffering a terrorist attack as well as their family members have worse levels of mental health than the general population in both the short and long term.<p /><p>Language: es</p>",
language="es",
issn="1139-9287",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}