Anxiety

Study gauges response of New York City school children to September 11

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, June 5th, 2005

Six months after the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center, a high proportion of New York City school children had one or more probable anxiety/depressive disorders, according to new research.

The psychological consequences of a terror attack may be particularly great for children who are exposed to the traumatic event. Previous studies have shown that children exposed to mass trauma have elevated post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms as well as symptoms of anxiety and depression.

Christina W. Hoven, DrPH, of the Columbia University Medical Center-New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City, and colleagues interviewed...

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