@article{ref1,
title="Changes in psychiatric emergency room visits following the Boston Marathon Bombing",
journal="Disaster medicine and public health preparedness",
year="2019",
author="Frank, Amber and Noy, Gaddy and Chow, Clifton and Leff, H. Stephen",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="1-5",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This study reviews patient encounters at a Boston-area community hospital Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) following the Boston Marathon bombings, with the goal of describing the impact of terrorist attacks on PES encounters. <br><br>METHODS: All PES encounters for 2 months preceding and 2 months following the bombing were identified in the electronic medical record. Demographics, current and past psychiatric problems, and trauma history were assessed for all records. Encounters seen post-bombing were compared with those before the bombing. <br><br>RESULTS: Demographics, current and past psychiatric problems, and trauma history were not significantly different before versus after the bombing; 36 of 440 (8.2%) post-bombing encounters directly mentioned the bombings. New-onset posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms caused by the bombing occurred in only 4 encounters (0.9%). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: PES encounters after a terrorist event are likely to mirror those seen before a terrorist event, with only a minority of encounters presenting for new PTSD or acute stress disorder.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1935-7893",
doi="10.1017/dmp.2019.70",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2019.70"
}