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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 17.
Published in final edited form as: Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2004 Sep–Oct;26(5):346–358. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2004.05.001

Table 1.

Psychological disorders and mental health services utilization following the World Trade Center disaster in New York City (N=2368)

Outcomes Unweighted na Weighted % 95% CI
Disorders
PTSD ever 284 8.15 6.87–9.42
PTSD since WTCD 196 5.25 4.23–6.26
PTSD past 6 months 126 3.39 2.54–4.23
Depression ever 621 19.00 17.11–20.83
Depression since WTCD 416 11.76 10.29–13.22
Depression past 6 months 268 7.48 6.30–6.67
Peri-event panic attack 334 10.78 9.29–12.28
Visits
Any mental health treatment visits ever 1242 38.98 36.56–41.39
Any mental health treatment visits since WTCD 766 19.99 18.20–21.77
Any mental health treatment visits related to WTCD 547 12.88 11.51–14.25
Increased mental health treatment visits since WTCD 332 8.57 7.36–9.79
New mental health treatment visit since WTCD 189 5.28 4.32–6.25
Medications
Any psychotropic medication use in lifetime 618 16.25 14.7–17.92
Any psychotropic medication use since WTCD 372 8.10 7.04–9.16
Any psychotropic medication use related to WTCD 219 4.51 3.75–5.26
Increased psychotropic medication use since WTCD 192 4.11 3.35–4.86
New psychotropic medication use since WTCD 136 3.01 2.34–3.69
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All ns are unweighted. Percentages and confidence intervals shown represent the weighted data (i.e., adjustments to the sample for the number of telephone lines and adults in the household, the treatment over-sample, and survey stratification).