Elhai Jon D, Jacobs Gerard A, Kashdan Todd B, DeJong Gary L, Meyer David L, Frueh B Christopher
Disaster Mental Health Institute, University of South Dakota, 414 East Clark Street-SDU 114, Vermillion, SD 57069-2390, USA.
Psychiatry Res. 2006 Jun 30;143(1):29-34. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.10.004. Epub 2006 May 18.
In this article, we explored 1) the extent of mental health (MH) service use by American Red Cross disaster relief workers, both before (lifetime) and 1 year after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and 2) demographic, disaster and MH variables predicting (1-year) post-September 11 MH service use in this population. A sample of 3015 Red Cross disaster workers was surveyed 1 year after the attacks, regarding demographic characteristics, MH service use before and since the attacks, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. Findings revealed that while 13.5% used MH services before the attacks, 10.7% used services after. Variables increasing the likelihood of MH service use after the attacks included the following: no previous MH treatment, younger age, being divorced/widowed, and higher PTSD intrusion or hyperarousal symptoms. Findings support other recent research on MH service use after the September 11 attacks.
在本文中，我们探究了：1）美国红十字会救灾工作者在2001年9月11日恐怖袭击之前（一生）及之后1年使用心理健康（MH）服务的程度；2）预测该人群在9月11日之后1年使用MH服务的人口统计学、灾难及MH变量。在袭击发生1年后，对3015名红十字会灾难工作者进行了调查，内容涉及人口统计学特征、袭击前后使用MH服务的情况以及创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）症状。研究结果显示，袭击发生前有13.5%的人使用MH服务，之后这一比例为10.7%。袭击后增加使用MH服务可能性的变量包括：以前未接受过MH治疗、年龄较小、离婚/丧偶以及较高的PTSD侵入或过度警觉症状。研究结果支持了近期关于9月11日袭击后使用MH服务的其他研究。
