TY - JOUR
T1 - A mental health program for ground zero rescue and recovery workers
T2 - Cases and observations
AU - Katz, Craig L.
AU - Smith, Rebecca
AU - Silverton, Marsha
AU - Holmes, Anastasia
AU - Bravo, Carlos
AU - Jones, Kristina
AU - Kiliman, Marta
AU - Lopez, Norma
AU - Malkoff, Laune
AU - Marrone, Kathryn
AU - Neuman, Alla
AU - Stephens, Tricia
AU - Tavarez, Wendy
AU - Yarowsky, Anne
AU - Levin, Stephen
AU - Herbert, Robin
PY - 2006/9
Y1 - 2006/9
N2 - Clinical vignettes from the World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Mental Health Monitoring and Treatment Program at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City are presented. The hospital-based program pairs mental health screenings with federally funded occupational medical screenings to identify persons with mental health problems related to their rescue and recovery roles. The program also provides on-site mental health treatment. The cases illustrate the diverse mental health needs of the rescue and recovery workers, some of whom initially sought treatment years after September 11, 2001. The cases show that in addition to symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, workers experienced survivor guilt, distressing memories of childhood trauma, shame associated with intense feelings, substance abuse relapse, psychosis, and problems with family relationships.
AB - Clinical vignettes from the World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Mental Health Monitoring and Treatment Program at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City are presented. The hospital-based program pairs mental health screenings with federally funded occupational medical screenings to identify persons with mental health problems related to their rescue and recovery roles. The program also provides on-site mental health treatment. The cases illustrate the diverse mental health needs of the rescue and recovery workers, some of whom initially sought treatment years after September 11, 2001. The cases show that in addition to symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, workers experienced survivor guilt, distressing memories of childhood trauma, shame associated with intense feelings, substance abuse relapse, psychosis, and problems with family relationships.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33748335411&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1176/ps.2006.57.9.1335
DO - 10.1176/ps.2006.57.9.1335
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16968767
AN - SCOPUS:33748335411
SN - 1075-2730
VL - 57
SP - 1335
EP - 1338
JO - Psychiatric Services
JF - Psychiatric Services
IS - 9
ER -