ReviewThe lancet. Psychiatry2019
Terrorism and post-traumatic stress disorder: a historical review.
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- Providing emergency mental health support to Israeli civilians evacuated from their homes following the events of October 7th, 2023.Israel journal of health policy research · 2025Article
- Facing stress and inflammation: From the cell to the planet.World journal of experimental medicine · 2024Review
- A day in the life: psychological impact on emergency responders during the 22 March 2016 terrorist attacks.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Emotion regulation of social pain: double dissociation of lateral prefrontal cortices supporting reappraisal and distraction.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2023Article
- Threat through the Screen? Association between Proximity and/or Watching Media Coverage of a Terrorist Attack and Health.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Comment on 'Posttraumatic stress disorder and depression after the 2018 Strasbourg Christmas Market terrorist attack: a comparison of exposed and non-exposed police personnel': moving towards shared methodology in terrorism-research.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2023Article
- Association Between Feeling Threatened, Behaviour and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression: Two and a Half Years After the Terrorist Attacks in Belgium.Community mental health journal · 2022Article
- PTSD in French Adolescent Victims Following the London Attack in March 2017: Data From the First Step of the AVAL Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Comment on Tyson, G.; Wild, J. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms among Journalists Repeatedly Covering COVID-19 News.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Anxiety, Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder after Terrorist Attacks: A General Review of the Literature.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- The VLPFC versus the DLPFC in Downregulating Social Pain Using Reappraisal and Distraction Strategies.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2021Article
- Higher Residence Attachment and Religiosity Are Associated With Less Depressive Symptoms After Terror Event Exposure.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Victims of the Terrorist Attacks in Belgium and Professional Mental Health Aid Barriers: A Qualitative Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- The Methodological Problem of Identifying Criterion A Traumatic Events During the COVID-19 Era: A Commentary on Karatzias et al. (2020).Journal of traumatic stress · 2020Article
- Non-participation and attrition in a longitudinal study of civilians exposed to the January 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris, France.BMC medical research methodology · 2020Article
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- Army Public School Terrorist Attack - Perceptions and Experiences of school children of Karachi.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
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Abstract
Terror is a psychological state. Historically, most studies of terrorism focused on its societal purpose and structural consequences rather than mental health effects. That emphasis began to change shortly before the Sept 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. A vast expansion of research into post-traumatic stress disorder accompanied revisions to the classification of mental health disorders. The effect of terrorist incidents on those people now deemed vulnerable, both directly and indirectly, was actively sought. However, a review of more than 400 research articles (mostly published after Sept 11) on the association between terrorism and mental health reached the largely overlooked conclusion that terrorism is not terrorising-at least not in a way that causes a greater than expected frequency of post-traumatic stress disorder than other traumatic events. This conclusion is surprising given the emphasis on the psychological effects of terrorism in political discourse, media commentary, contemporary culture, and academic inquiry. Authorities might prefer to encourage an interpretation of terrorist incidents that highlights fortitude and courage rather than psychological vulnerability.
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