ANXIETY DISORDER
Kids Who Lost Parent On 9/11 Suffer
Source: http://www.nypress.com/blogx/display_blog.cfm?bid=69834276
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Kids Who Lost Parent On 9/11 Suffer
A study released yesterday showed that three-quarters of children who lost a parent on 9/11 suffered from psychiatric illnesses after the attacks, including anxiety disorder, posttraumatic stress and depression. Shocking, I know. Researchers at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center monitored 45 kids (average age of nine) who had lost a parent for two years following the attacks. Before 9/11, only one-third of them had mental health problems. They were compared to 34 children who had not lost a parent, and the number of psychiatric problems suffered by the former group more than doubled after the attacks. Findings also revealed that children who lost a parent are 10 times as likely to suffer post-traumatic stress disorder than those who did not.
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Bereaved Children of 9/11 Victims Suffered High Rates of Psychiatric Illness
Source: http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/528209/?sc=rsmn
Source: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center/Weill Cornell Medical College
Released: Mon 19-Mar-2007, 16:00 ET
Bereaved Children of 9/11 Victims Suffered High Rates of Psychiatric Illness
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DR. CYNTHIA PFEFFER, DR. MARGARET ALTEMUS, PSYCHIATRY, ANXIETY DISORDER, POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, PTSD, SEPT. 11, BEREAVEMENT, DEPRESSION
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The rate of psychiatric illness among children who lost a parent in the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center attack doubled -- from about 32 to nearly 73 percent -- in the years following the event, according to a new study from researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
Newswise — The rate of psychiatric illness among children who lost a parent in the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center attack doubled -- from about 32 to nearly 73 percent -- in the years following the event, according to a new study from researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.