Psychiatric Consequences of September 11
- Milena J. Henzlova, MD, PhD
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New York, NY
Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text.
To the Editor: In their article about Americans' reactions to the events of September 11, 2001, Dr Schlenger and colleagues1 report that their survey used "stratified random-digit-dialing telephone sampling techniques, which make it possible to reach every US household with a telephone (95% of US households)." The survey was administered 1 to 2 months after the attacks and the results were stratified according to the proximity to the crash sites.
I live in close proximity to the World Trade Center. Neither I nor thousands of others living below Canal Street (ie, in South Manhattan) had phone service for weeks and months after September 11. Therefore, it seems unlikely that the sampling was as accurate as the authors claim.
References
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- Itzhak Levav, MD;
- Alexander Ponizovsky, MD, PhD
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Ministry of Health
Jerusalem, Israel
To the Editor: Dr Schlenger and colleagues1 found that 2 months after September 11, 2001, overall distress levels in the United States were within normal ranges, including in New York …
