Felton Chip J
New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY 12229, USA.
J Urban Health. 2002 Sep;79(3):429-33. doi: 10.1093/jurban/79.3.429.
The September 11th terrorist attacks had a dramatic impact on the mental health of millions of Americans. The impact was particularly severe in New York City and surrounding areas within commuting distance of the World Trade Center. With support from the federal government, state and local mental health authorities rapidly mounted a large-scale public health intervention aimed at ameliorating the traumatic stress experienced by residents of the disaster area. The resulting program, named Project Liberty, has provided free public educational and crisis counseling services to tens of thousands of New Yorkers in its initial months of operation. Individuals served vary widely in the severity of experienced trauma and associated traumatic reactions. Data from logs kept by Project Liberty workers suggest that individuals with the most severe reactions are being referred to longer-term mental health treatment services.
9月11日恐怖袭击对数百万美国人的心理健康产生了巨大影响。这种影响在纽约市以及世贸中心通勤距离内的周边地区尤为严重。在联邦政府的支持下，州和地方心理健康当局迅速开展了一项大规模的公共卫生干预行动，旨在缓解灾区居民所经历的创伤压力。由此产生的项目名为“自由计划”，在其运营的最初几个月里，已为成千上万的纽约人提供了免费的公共教育和危机咨询服务。所服务的个体在经历的创伤严重程度和相关创伤反应方面差异很大。“自由计划”工作人员保存的日志数据表明，反应最严重的个体正被转介接受长期心理健康治疗服务。
