Many people are exposed to loss or potentially traumatic events at some point in their lives,
and yet they continue to have positive emotional experiences and show only minor and …

It has long been recognized that stressful life events may cause emotional and behavioral
effects. In addition, the clinical phenomenon of PTSD has been known by various names …

The diaries of 1,084 US users of an on-line journaling service were downloaded for a period
of 4 months spanning the 2 months prior to and after the September 11 attacks. Linguistic …

Research indicates that exposure to traumatic stressors and psychological trauma is
widespread. The association of such exposures with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) …

Interdependency analysis in the context of this article is a process of assessing and
managing risks inherent in a system of interconnected entities (eg, infrastructures or industry …

The attack on the World Trade Center (WTC) created an acute environmental disaster of
enormous magnitude. This study characterizes the environmental exposures resulting from …

This 3-wave longitudinal study examined the natural course of posttraumatic stress disorder
symptoms using data collected from young adult survivors of community violence. Three key …

Discusses the psychiatric diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Significance of
humanitarian institutions to the emergence of PTSD in the global arena; Comparison of …

Television viewing has been associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
symptoms after disasters and traumas; we examined characteristics that may explain this …

Samples of adults representative of Tezuitlán, Puebla and Villahermosa, Tobasco
(combined N= 561), were interviewed 6, 12, 18, and 24 months after the devastating 1999 …