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  • Changes in Psychiatric Emergency Room Visits Following the Boston Marathon Bombing

  • Amber Frank, Gaddy Noy, Clifton Chow, H. Stephen Leff
  • Journal:
    Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness / Volume 14 / Issue 2 / April 2020
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    19 August 2019, pp. 178-182
  • Objective:

    This study reviews patient encounters at a Boston-area community hospital Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) following the Boston Marathon bombings, with the goal of describing the impact of terrorist attacks on PES encounters.

    Methods:

    All PES encounters for 2 months preceding and 2 months following the bombing were identified in the electronic medical record. Demographics, current and past psychiatric problems, and trauma history were assessed for all records. Encounters seen post-bombing were compared with those before the bombing.

    Results:

    Demographics, current and past psychiatric problems, and trauma history were not significantly different before versus after the bombing; 36 of 440 (8.2%) post-bombing encounters directly mentioned the bombings. New-onset posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms caused by the bombing occurred in only 4 encounters (0.9%).

    Conclusions:

    PES encounters after a terrorist event are likely to mirror those seen before a terrorist event, with only a minority of encounters presenting for new PTSD or acute stress disorder.