September 2002: Looking Back, Looking Forward
A clinician wrote in recently that this is the first time that they have seen a patient with a phobia of the month of September. The patient experienced some of the typical symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but they essentially fearfully anticipated the 1-year review by the television and media. Flashbacks and nightmares experienced were related to the continuous exposure by the media to video replays of death, destruction, planes crashing, and people jumping from the World Trade Center. The patient spent the month of August in dread and felt terrified about having to deal with September 11th.
This month in Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health, we have some special features with a clinical focus. An editorial entitled "The Trauma After the Trauma" takes a look at the impact of the last year and PTSD. Some studies point to progress made; others reveal some insights about ourselves and our children in response to the terrorist attacks. We also describe the latest data and studies about what we know about anthrax and a MEDLINE collection on PTSD. Over the year, we published interviews with leading experts in trauma and PTSD, and they are as current and interesting today as they were a year ago. We also have some Medscape exclusives, such as our newsmaker interviews. This month, our medical news team interviews Roxane Cohen Silver, PhD, one of the authors of the longitudinal survey described in the September 11 issue of JAMA that evaluated risk factors associated with prolonged posttraumatic stress after the terrorist attacks.
To make this an interactive process, we started a discussion forum called "Aftermath -- One Year Later and Beyond." We invite you to participate and share your thoughts, wisdom, and clinical experiences. Perhaps there are studies under way that can be shared with the Medscape psychiatry community, or perhaps some of you have also seen a patient who feared the month of September and can share your treatment approaches with us.
In general, Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health communicates to you, our membership, by bringing you news, articles, clinical updates, and resources centers. We also reach out to you via our MedPulse email newsletter to keep you informed. As we look back over the last year, we realize more that we are a community. The greatest strength that we have is communication -- perhaps through Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health, we can communicate more with each other.
Participate.
A clinician wrote in recently that this is the first time that they have seen a patient with a phobia of the month of September. The patient experienced some of the typical symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but they essentially fearfully anticipated the 1-year review by the television and media. Flashbacks and nightmares experienced were related to the continuous exposure by the media to video replays of death, destruction, planes crashing, and people jumping from the World Trade Center. The patient spent the month of August in dread and felt terrified about having to deal with September 11th.
This month in Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health, we have some special features with a clinical focus. An editorial entitled "The Trauma After the Trauma" takes a look at the impact of the last year and PTSD. Some studies point to progress made; others reveal some insights about ourselves and our children in response to the terrorist attacks. We also describe the latest data and studies about what we know about anthrax and a MEDLINE collection on PTSD. Over the year, we published interviews with leading experts in trauma and PTSD, and they are as current and interesting today as they were a year ago. We also have some Medscape exclusives, such as our newsmaker interviews. This month, our medical news team interviews Roxane Cohen Silver, PhD, one of the authors of the longitudinal survey described in the September 11 issue of JAMA that evaluated risk factors associated with prolonged posttraumatic stress after the terrorist attacks.
To make this an interactive process, we started a discussion forum called "Aftermath -- One Year Later and Beyond." We invite you to participate and share your thoughts, wisdom, and clinical experiences. Perhaps there are studies under way that can be shared with the Medscape psychiatry community, or perhaps some of you have also seen a patient who feared the month of September and can share your treatment approaches with us.
In general, Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health communicates to you, our membership, by bringing you news, articles, clinical updates, and resources centers. We also reach out to you via our MedPulse email newsletter to keep you informed. As we look back over the last year, we realize more that we are a community. The greatest strength that we have is communication -- perhaps through Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health, we can communicate more with each other.
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