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Is there a way to find out if there have been any studies done related to PTSD of Military personnel who served at Ground Zero during 9/11, particularly first responders?
Or perhaps any known cases of individuals diagnosed with PTSD directly related to 9/11 and Ground Zero?
Or perhaps any known cases of individuals diagnosed with PTSD directly related to 9/11 and Ground Zero?
PTSD
9/11
Mental Health Services
Posted >1 y ago
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" At least 10,000 firefighters, police officers and civilians exposed to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center have been found to have post-traumatic stress disorder, and in a kind of mass grieving, many of them have yet to recover, according to figures compiled by New York City’s three 9/11 health programs."
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/10/nyregion/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-from-911still-haunts.html
" At least 10,000 firefighters, police officers and civilians exposed to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center have been found to have post-traumatic stress disorder, and in a kind of mass grieving, many of them have yet to recover, according to figures compiled by New York City’s three 9/11 health programs."
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/10/nyregion/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-from-911still-haunts.html
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Capt Seid Waddell
SPC Jeffrey Bly
"A Defense Department spokeswoman said no study was ordered because it did not appear necessary."
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2012/06/20/dod-not-tracking-911-responder-survivor-health.html
"A Defense Department spokeswoman said no study was ordered because it did not appear necessary."
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2012/06/20/dod-not-tracking-911-responder-survivor-health.html
DoD Not Tracking 9/11 Responder, Survivor Health
More than 10 years after terrorists crashed a fully fueled airliner into the Pentagon, the Defense Department has not compiled data on the long-term health of first responders or the building's workers.
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