Acute Stress Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Depression in Disaster or Rescue Workers

• Published in: The American journal of psychiatry Vol. 161; no. 8; pp. 1370 - 1376
• Main Authors: Fullerton, Carol S., Ursano, Robert J., Wang, Leming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Psychiatric Publishing 01.08.2004; American Psychiatric Association
• Subjects: Accidents, Aviation - psychology; Acute stress disorder; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Age Factors; Anxiety disorders. Neuroses; Biological and medical sciences; Community Mental Health Services - utilization; Depression; Depressive Disorder - diagnosis; Depressive Disorder - epidemiology; Disaster Planning - methods; Disasters; Disasters - statistics & numerical data; Dissociative disorders; Dissociative Disorders - diagnosis; Dissociative Disorders - epidemiology; Emergency services; Employees; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Followup studies; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Marital Status; Medical sciences; Mental depression; Mental health care; Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data; Post traumatic stress disorder; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Prospective Studies; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Rescue Work - statistics & numerical data; Rescue workers; Risk Factors; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnosis; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology; Stress Disorders, Traumatic, Acute - diagnosis; Stress Disorders, Traumatic, Acute - epidemiology; Terrorism; United States - epidemiology; Workers; United States; Mood disorder; Human; Professional experience; Posttraumatic syndrome; Prevalence; Rescuer; Dissociative disorder; Use; Anxiety disorder; Disaster; Traffic accident; Depression; Exposure; Health service; Stress; Symptomatology; Marital status; Follow up study; Sociodemographic factor; Air traffic; Predictive factor; Age; Antecedent; Comparative study

OBJECTIVE: The events of Sept. 11, 2001, highlighted the importance of understanding the effects of trauma on disaster workers. To better plan for the health care of disaster workers, this study examined acute stress disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), early dissociative symptoms, depres...