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Television Watching and the Risk of Incident Probable Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: The relation between viewing television coverage of a mass disaster and the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is poorly understood. A cohort of New Yorkers without baseline probable PTSD (N=1787) was assessed 1 year following the September 11, 2001, attacks. The primary outcome was new-onset probable PTSD assessed through a validated scale, and the primary exposure was number of hours of September 11 anniversary news coverage viewed. A total of 99 (5.6%) of participants had developed probable PTSD at the 1-year follow-up. Watching 12 or more hours of September 11 attack anniversary news coverage was associated with a 3.4-fold increased risk of new-onset probable PTSD (p=0.004). Exposure to television coverage of the September 11 anniversary was associated with new-onset probable PTSD among a cohort of New Yorkers with no probable PTSD at baseline.

Source: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000244784.36745.a5

Authors: Kyle T. Bernstein, Jennifer Ahern, Melissa Tracy, Joseph A. Boscarino, David Vlahov, Sandro Galea

Institutions: NYU Langone Health, New York University, New York Academy of Medicine, University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan

Language: English

Topic: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2154327229

FWCI: 4.915

Cites: 48

Cited by: 102

Related to: 10