TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Television images and probable posttraumatic stress disorder after September 11: the role of background characteristics, event exposures, and perievent panic
JO  - Journal of nervous and mental disease
A1  - Ahern, Jennifer
A1  - Galea, Sandro
A1  - Resnick, Heidi S.
A1  - Vlahov, David
SP  - 217
EP  - 226
VL  - 192
IS  - 3
N2  - Television viewing has been associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms after disasters and traumas; we examined characteristics that may explain this association among New Yorkers after September 11, 2001. Among 2001 respondents to a random-digit dial telephone survey conducted 4 months after September 11, people who viewed more television images in the 7 days after September 11 had more probable PTSD. People in the highest third of viewing had a 2.32 times greater odds of probable PTSD after September 11 compared with people in the lowest third of viewing; after adjustment for explanatory variables, the relative odds of probable PTSD were 1.66. Adjustment for perievent panic accounted for 44% of the reduction in association between television and probable PTSD, suggesting that perievent emotional reactions may play an important role in the television and psychopathology association. Television may merit consideration as a potential exposure to a traumatic event.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3018
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -