ONE YEAR later, reports related to the psychological and physiological effects of the terrorist attacks perpetrated on September 11, 2001, continue to emerge. These reports and what little is known about the long-term health effects of terrorism suggest that many people will present to their physicians with medically unexplained symptoms. These symptoms may be mistaken for organic medical diseases, but are likely to be physiological manifestations of psychological distress.

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In het voorjaar van 1944 legde de Joodse gevangene Rudolf Breslauer het dagelijks leven in het kamp Westerbork vast op film, in opdracht van de Duitse kampcommandant Albert Gemmeker. Gemmeker wilde een ​​professionele Public Relations film produceren, mogelijk om de economische waarde van het kamp te laten zien aan zijn bevelhebbers.

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BACKGROUND:

Several examinations have detected a relation between depressive symptoms and medical utilization. However, selection biases have been involved in most previous examinations. We sought to test the association between depressive symptoms and prospective, increased medical care utilization, in a population-based Canadian sample, while controlling for utilization due to medical illness and controlling for selection bias.

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BACKGROUND:

Somatic and psychiatric morbidity may cluster because of reciprocal effects between them but also as a result of common underlying factors.

METHODS:

On July 17, 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down, a tragedy that shocked the Dutch population. As part of a large longitudinal survey on mental health in pregnant women that had a study inclusion period of 19 months, we were able to evaluate the possible association of that incident with mood changes using pre- and postdisaster data.

Comment on Psychological sequelae of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York City. [N Engl J Med. 2002]

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BACKGROUND:

Brief screening instruments appear to be a viable way of detecting post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) but none has yet been adequately validated.

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To test and cross-validate a brief instrument that is simple to administer and score.

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Forty-one survivors of a rail crash were administered a questionnaire, followed by a structured clinical interview 1 week later.

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The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, established a backdrop against which mental health effects of disasters, especially large-scale intentionally created disasters, assumed central stage in US public health. Methodologically sound data are required to understand the mental health effects of terrorism and must guide all postdisaster mental health activities from clinical interventions to administrative policy.