1 in 8 Lower Manhattan residents had signs of PTSD 2 to 3 years after 9/11

Friday, June 13, 2008 - 05:07 in Psychology & Sociology

For many residents of Lower Manhattan, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, had lasting psychological consequences. New findings, released today by the Health Department's World Trade Center Health Registry, show that one in eight Lower Manhattan residents likely had posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) two to three years after the attacks. The findings show that Lower Manhattan residents developed PTSD at three times the usual rate in the years following 9/11.

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