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| Title: | Panic Reactions to Terrorist Attacks and Probable Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Adolescents |
| Authors: | Pfefferbaum, Betty
Stuber, Jennifer
Galea, Sandro
Fairbrother, Gerry |
| Issue Date: | 2006 |
| Abstract: | A number of factors, including subjective reactions and appraisal of danger, influence one’s reaction
to a traumatic event. This study used telephone survey methodology to examine adolescent and parent
reactions to the 2001 World Trade Center attacks 6 to 9 months after they occurred. The prevalence of
probable posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adolescents was 12.6%; 26.2% met study criteria for
probable subthreshold PTSD. A probable peri-event panic attack in adolescents was strongly associated
with subsequent probable PTSD and probable subthreshold PTSD. This study suggests that the early
identification of peri-event panic attacks following mass traumatic events may provide an important
gateway to intervention in the subsequent development of PTSD. Future studies should use longitudinal
designs to examine the course and pathogenic pathways for the development of panic, PTSD, and other
anxiety disorders after exposure to disasters. |
| Appears in Collections: | Public Health, School of (SPH)
Epidemiology, Department of (SPH)
Institute for Social Research (ISR)
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