Mental health after the Boston marathon bombing
2016; Elsevier BV; Volume: 3; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s2215-0366(16)30170-5
ISSN2215-0374
AutoresArvind von Keudell, Katherine A. Koh, Sejal B. Shah, Mitchel B. Harris, M. G. H. Smith, Edward K. Rodriguez, George S.M. Dyer,
Tópico(s)Traumatic Brain Injury Research
ResumoIn the 3 years since the Boston marathon bombing, the medical and media focus has largely remained on the physical health impact. 1 Walls RM Zinner MJ The Boston Marathon response: why did it work so well?. JAMA. 2013; 309: 2441-2442 Crossref PubMed Scopus (47) Google Scholar , 2 Biddinger PD Baggish A Harrington L et al. Be prepared—the Boston Marathon and mass-casualty events. N Engl J Med. 2013; 368: 1958-1960 Crossref PubMed Scopus (98) Google Scholar , 3 Tobert D von Keudell A Rodriguez EK Lessons from the Boston Marathon bombing: an orthopaedic perspective on preparing for high-volume trauma in an urban academic center. J Orthop Trauma. 2015; 29: S7-10 Crossref PubMed Scopus (17) Google Scholar Much less is known about the mental health response. Disaster events are known to cause increased emotional distress in the affected population, manifested as behavioural change, distress responses, and mental illness. 4 Katz CL Psychiatric evaluation. in: Stoddard F Pandya A Katz CL Disaster psychiatry: readiness, evaluation, and treatment. American Psychiatric Publishing, Arlington, VA2011: 71-88 Google Scholar Understanding the mental health response after the Boston bombing might help health-care providers and communities better prepare for their response to disasters. Correctionsvon Keudell A, Koh KA, Shah SB, et al. Mental health after the Boston marathon bombing. Lancet Psychiatry 2016; 3: 802–04—In this Comment, the second author's name should have been "Katherine A Koh". This correction has been made to the online version as of Sept 28, 2016. Full-Text PDF
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