Posttraumatic stress in children with first responders in their families

High levels of exposure and occupational stress of first responders may have caused children in first‐responder families to become traumatized following the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks. New York City public school children (N = 8,236) participated in a study examining mental health proble...

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Published in:Journal of traumatic stress 2006-04, Vol.19 (2), p.301-306
Main Authors: Duarte, Cristiane S., Hoven, Christina W., Wu, Ping, Bin, Fan, Cotel, Sivan, Mandell, Donald J., Nagasawa, Megumi, Balaban, Victor, Wernikoff, Linda, Markenson, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Anxiety disorders. Neuroses
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Family Health
Female
Health Surveys
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
New York City - epidemiology
Occupational Exposure - adverse effects
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Prevalence
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Rescue Work
September 11 Terrorist Attacks - psychology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - etiology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology
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Summary:High levels of exposure and occupational stress of first responders may have caused children in first‐responder families to become traumatized following the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks. New York City public school children (N = 8,236) participated in a study examining mental health problems 6 months after the World Trade Center attack. Results revealed that children with emergency medical technician (EMT) family members had a high prevalence of probable posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD; 18.9%). Differences in rates of probable PTSD among EMTs' and firefighters' children were explained by demographic characteristics. Where EMTs are drawn from disadvantaged groups, one implication of this study is to target EMT families in any mental health interventions for children of first responders.
ISSN:0894-9867
1573-6598
DOI:10.1002/jts.20120