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For Many, 9/11-Linked Trauma Emerged Years Later
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 About 52 percent of those who reported post-traumatic stress symptoms, however, said they had received no treatment in the preceding year.
"As a local health department, we were most concerned and surprised by the increase in PTS symptoms," Thorpe said. "We do know that getting appropriate trauma-specific care is critical so we're making as many efforts a possible to link people to sources of appropriate treatment."
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The New York City Department of Health has more on the World Trade Center Registry.
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Last updated 8/4/2009
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SOURCES: Lorna E. Thorpe, Ph.D., deputy commissioner for epidemiology, Department of Health, New York City; Norman Edelman, M.D., chief medical officer, American Lung Association; Alan Manevitz, M.D., clinical psychiatrist, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City; Jacob Finkelstein, Ph.D., professor, pediatrics, environmental medicine and radiation oncology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, N.Y.; Keith A. Young, Ph.D., vice chairman for research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, College Station, Texas; August 5, 2009, Journal of the American Medical Association
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