TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Television Watching and the Risk of Incident Probable Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Prospective Evaluation
JO  - Journal of nervous and mental disease
A1  - Bernstein, Kyle T.
A1  - Ahern, Jennifer
A1  - Tracy, Melissa
A1  - Boscarino, Joseph A.
A1  - Vlahov, David
A1  - Galea, Sandro
SP  - 41
EP  - 47
VL  - 195
IS  - 1
N2  - The relation between viewing television coverage of a mass disaster and the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is poorly understood. A cohort of New Yorkers without baseline probable PTSD (N = 1787) was assessed 1 year following the September 11, 2001, attacks. The primary outcome was new-onset probable PTSD assessed through a validated scale, and the primary exposure was number of hours of September 11 anniversary news coverage viewed. A total of 99 (5.6%) of participants had developed probable PTSD at the 1-year follow-up. Watching 12 or more hours of September 11 attack anniversary news coverage was associated with a 3.4-fold increased risk of new-onset probable PTSD (p = 0.004). Exposure to television coverage of the September 11 anniversary was associated with new-onset probable PTSD among a cohort of New Yorkers with no probable PTSD at baseline.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3018
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.nmd.0000244784.36745.a5
ID  - ref1
ER  -