2004
Gender, Social Support, and Posttraumatic Stress in Postwar Kosovo
Ahern J, Galea S, Fernandez W, Koci B, Waldman R, Vlahov D. Gender, Social Support, and Posttraumatic Stress in Postwar Kosovo. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 2004, 192: 762-770. PMID: 15505520, DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000144695.02982.41.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress scoresPosttraumatic stress symptomsSocial supportStress scoresImportant public health effortsEmergency department studyEmergency department patientsMental health 2 yearsTraumatic eventsPublic health effortsLower posttraumatic stress scoresGreater protective effectStress symptomsLow social supportMore traumatic eventsDepartment patientsHigh prevalenceProtective effectHealth effortsHigher posttraumatic stress scoresDepartment studyMental healthWomenPosttraumatic stressSymptomsNeighborhood characteristics, trauma, and the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder in New York City
Ahern J, Galea S, Tracy M, Vlahov D. Neighborhood characteristics, trauma, and the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder in New York City. Annals Of Epidemiology 2004, 14: 623. DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2004.07.085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRisk of PTSDPost-traumatic stress disorderStress disorderPopulation cohort studyNeighborhood characteristicsCohort studyNew York CityTraumatic event exposureNew York City residentsNeighborhood of residenceMultivariable modelRecurrent traumaTraumatic event experiencesNeighborhood violenceMental healthYork CityDisordersMultiple studiesIndividual-level factorsEvent exposureIndividual-level characteristicsRiskOngoing stressorsLow incomeSocial support
2002
Health services #66 Access to psychiatric services in new york city following the septemer 11th terrorist attacks
Boscarino J, Galea S, Ahern J, Resnick H, Vlahov D. Health services #66 Access to psychiatric services in new york city following the septemer 11th terrorist attacks. Annals Of Epidemiology 2002, 12: 514. DOI: 10.1016/s1047-2797(02)00354-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental health visitsPosttraumatic stress disorderCurrent posttraumatic stress disorderMajor depressionHealth visitsPsychiatric medicationsHealth servicesCurrent major depressionMental health servicesYear oldsCommunity mental healthDial telephone surveyMedication utilizationMDS casesPsychiatric servicesMedicationsPanic attacksStress disorderMental healthAdult residentsVisitsTelephone surveyHealth insuranceAdequate accessPost-disaster treatment