ONE IN EIGHT LOWER - MANHATTAN RESIDENTS HAD SIGNS OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS

ONE IN EIGHT LOWER

MANHATTAN RESIDENTS HAD SIGNS OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS

DISORDER TWO TO THREE

YEARS AFTER 9/11

Mental Health Impact Was Greatest among Those Injured during
the Event

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. The rate among residents (12.6%) matched
the rate previously reported among rescue and recovery workers (12.4%).
Residents who were injured during the attacks were the most likely to develop
PTSD. The study was published online this week in the Journal of Traumatic
Stress.

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