2004
Television Images and Probable Posttraumatic Stress Disorder After September 11
Ahern J, Galea S, Resnick H, Vlahov D. Television Images and Probable Posttraumatic Stress Disorder After September 11. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 2004, 192: 217-226. PMID: 15091303, DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000116465.99830.ca.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
Relationship of Self-Reported Asthma Severity and Urgent Health Care Utilization to Psychological Sequelae of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center Among New York City Area Residents
Fagan J, Galea S, Ahern J, Bonner S, Vlahov D. Relationship of Self-Reported Asthma Severity and Urgent Health Care Utilization to Psychological Sequelae of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center Among New York City Area Residents. Psychosomatic Medicine 2003, 65: 993-996. PMID: 14645777, DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000097334.48556.5f.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrgent health care servicesUnscheduled physician visitsSevere asthma symptomsPosttraumatic stress disorderAsthma symptom severityHealth care servicesSymptom severityAsthma symptomsAsthma severityPhysician visitsPsychological sequelaeNew York City-area residentsCare servicesUrgent health-care utilizationPhysician office visitsEmergency room visitsHealth care utilizationRandom digit dial telephone surveyDial telephone surveyAsthma measuresIndependent predictorsCare utilizationOffice visitsRoom visitsSomatic illnessTrends of Probable Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in New York City after the September 11 Terrorist Attacks
Galea S, Vlahov D, Resnick H, Ahern J, Susser E, Gold J, Bucuvalas M, Kilpatrick D. Trends of Probable Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in New York City after the September 11 Terrorist Attacks. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2003, 158: 514-524. PMID: 12965877, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg187.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGeneral populationProbable PTSDProbable post-traumatic stress disorderPTSD symptomsPost-traumatic stress disorder prevalenceRandom digit dialing telephone surveyPost-traumatic stress disorderProbable PTSD symptomsDialing telephone surveyNew York CityRapid resolutionCurrent prevalenceDisorder prevalence
2002
Drug use frequency among street-recruited heroin and cocaine users in harlem and the bronx before and after September 11, 2001
Factor S, Wu Y, Monserrate J, Edwards V, Cuevas Y, Del Vecchio S, Vlahov D. Drug use frequency among street-recruited heroin and cocaine users in harlem and the bronx before and after September 11, 2001. Journal Of Urban Health 2002, 79: 404-408. PMID: 12200509, PMCID: PMC3456797, DOI: 10.1093/jurban/79.3.404.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUtilization of mental health services following the September 11th terrorist attacks in Manhattan, New York City.
Boscarino J, Galea S, Ahern J, Resnick H, Vlahov D. Utilization of mental health services following the September 11th terrorist attacks in Manhattan, New York City. International Journal Of Emergency Mental Health And Human Resilience 2002, 4: 143-55. PMID: 12387188.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health utilizationPost-traumatic stress disorderPanic attacksHealth utilizationMultivariate analysisCurrent post-traumatic stress disorderAcute panic attacksMental health servicesPerievent panic attacksLifetime traumatic eventsDial telephone surveyStressful life eventsRisk factorsFemale genderGeneral populationCurrent depressionHealth servicesSpecific subgroupsStress disorderTelephone surveySignificant increaseLife eventsPrevious stressorsTraumatic eventsAdult householders