Psychiatric medication use among Manhattan residents following the World Trade Center disaster

This article describes some ideas, theoretical and clinical, related to group treatment of residents in a New York City homeless shelter for mentally ill persons immediately subsequent to the World Trade Center disaster. I provide details concerning this group as it dealt with community-level crises that were both acute, as they related to the World Trade Center disaster, and chronic, as they dealt with the ongoing condition of being mentally ill and homeless. I discuss my experience in the group and the ways that a synthesis of group, interpersonal psychoanalytic, and community psychology principles formed a framework for working through traumatic experiences in this community.

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Respiratory and Other Health Effects Reported in Children Exposed to the World Trade Center Disaster of 11 September 2001

Environmental Health Perspectives ◽

10.1289/ehp.11205 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 116 (10) ◽

pp. 1383-1390 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Pauline A. Thomas ◽

Robert Brackbill ◽

Lisa Thalji ◽

Laura DiGrande ◽

Sharon Campolucci ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Effects ◽

World Trade ◽

World Trade Center ◽

World Trade Center Disaster ◽

The World ◽

Trade Center

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Student Perspectives on the Impact of the World Trade Center Disaster: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study

Social Work Research ◽

10.1093/swr/31.2.121 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

pp. 121-126 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

M. M. Matthieu ◽

K. Conroy ◽

S. Lewis ◽

A. Ivanoff ◽

E. R. Blackmore

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

World Trade ◽

World Trade Center ◽

Student Perspectives ◽

World Trade Center Disaster ◽

The World ◽

Trade Center ◽

The Impact

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George L. Engel 1913–1999: Remembering his Life and Work: Strengthening a Father-Son Bond in a New Time of Grief

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1046/j.1440-1614.2001.01029.x ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 36 (4) ◽

pp. 443-448 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Peter A Engel ◽

Anna G Engel

Keyword(s):

World Trade ◽

World Trade Center ◽

Meaningful Work ◽

Biological Processes ◽

Scientific Publications ◽

World Trade Center Disaster ◽

Practice Of Medicine ◽

The World ◽

Personal Connections ◽

Trade Center

Objective: This essay reviews George Engel's clinical and scientific contributions within the context of a personal and professional biography. An examination of the response to the abrupt loss of human bonds resulting from the attack on the World Trade Center is used to verify Dr Engel's belief that relationship and communication are central to scientific study in the clinical setting and in the practice of medicine. Methods: Engel's published autobiographical reports, personal reminiscences, and key scientific publications are reviewed in the light of published or broadcast personal responses to the World Trade Center disaster. Results and Conclusion: Dr Engel recognized the singular importance of human bonds to the work of the physician. He described the unity of complex human experiences and basic biological processes. Public and personal grief evoked by destruction of those bonds on September 11 reflects an implicit, universal understanding of the essential human connections between us all. In the work of the physician, Dr Engel proposed disciplined study of those bonds to enrich personal connections, to promote understanding of patient and illness and to sustain the physician through emotionally and intellectually meaningful work. Herein lies the connection between Engel's contributions and the grief evoked by these events.

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