TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Terrorist attacks and short-long time psychiatric morbidity
JO  - Actas espanolas de psiquiatria
A1  - Baca, Enrique
A1  - Cabanas, M. L.
A1  - Baca-Garcia, E.
SP  - 85
EP  - 90
VL  - 30
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - es
SN  - 1139-9287
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -