Neuropsychiatry: Now More Than Ever

CNS Spectrums ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 947-947 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack M. Gorman
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Radar Screen

The end of 2001 is unlike any year's end in most of our memories. On September 10, my most serious worry was the chances for my beloved New York Yankees to win their fourth consecutive pennant. The next day, and ever since, that has hardly been a blip on the radar screen of concern. For those of us interested in studying the nervous system, we must remember that the most enduring fallout of the September 11 tragedy is emotional—our population is now a frightened one. Never before has the study of the neuro-science of emotion seemed more important. In subsequent issues, we will have much more to say on this topic.For physicians and neuroscientists alike, we must also focus on the clinical and research issues that existed before September 11 and will continue to be our responsibility. This issue of CNS Spectrums offers articles on a diversity of topics: epilepsy, genetics, and the treatment of schizophrenia.

scholarly journals An Investigation of the Psychological Effects of the September 11, 2001, Attacks on New York City: Developing and Implementing Research in the Acute Postdisaster Period

CNS Spectrums ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 585-596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandro Galea ◽  
David Vlahov ◽  
Heidi Resnick ◽  
Dean Kilpatrick ◽  
Michael J. Bucuvalas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
New York State ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Epidemiologic Studies ◽  
Financial Strain ◽  
York Academy ◽  
Time Interval

ABSTRACTThe September 11, 2001, attack on New York City was the largest human-made disaster in United States history. In the first few days after the attack, it became clear that the scope of the attacks (including loss of life, property damage, and financial strain) was unprecedented and that the attacks could result in substantial psychological sequelae in the city population. Researchers at the Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies at the New York Academy of Medicine designed and implemented an assessment of the mental health of New Yorkers 5—8 weeks after the attacks. To implement this research in the immediate postdisaster period, researchers at the center had to develop, in a compressed time interval, new academic collaborations, links with potential funders, and unique safeguards for study respondents who may have been suffering from acute psychological distress. Results of the assessment contributed to a New York state mental health needs assessment that secured Federal Emergency Management Agency funding for mental health programs in New York City. This experience suggests that mechanisms should be in place for rapid implementation of mental health assessments after disasters.

Ten Million and One—Neurological Disability as a National Problem

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1958 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 871-872
Author(s):  
ERIC DENHOFF
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
New York ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Neurological Disability ◽  
The Brain

This monograph summarizes the results of the Conference on Neurological Disability as a National Problem held at Arden House, Harriman, New York, in December, 1955. It was attended by more than 50 highly qualified specialists with various interests in the field who met to explore the realistic possibilities of meeting the problems posed by more than 10 million patients suffering from more than 300 clinical entities loosely grouped together as "neurologic disabilities." Neurologic disabilities are defined as those disorders which are associated demonstrably with dysfunction, disease, or injury of the nervous system, the brain, the spinal cord, and the peripheral neuromuscular connections.

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