A high percentage of survivors of The Station nightclub fire in West Warwick, R.I., have battled depression and post-traumatic stress, regardless of whether they suffered burn injuries in the deadly blaze, a new study has found.
The study, conducted by researchers at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston and Harvard Medical School, was published Tuesday in PLOS One, a peer-reviewed journal. The findings were based on survey responses from 104 survivors of the fire, which killed 100 people and injured hundreds more on Feb. 20, 2003.
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Globe: Thanks for this follow up. Thanks also to Spaulding and Harvard for tracking everything as they are. Such data will make the DSM6 as better as the DSM5 is now. Trauma never seems to go away, and is not simply limited to direct victims of traumatic circumstances. Very interesting stuff. Nice job all!