PTSD and Respiratory Illness: A Signature Long-Term Problem of 9/11 Responders
Stony Brook UniversityAccording to the findings from research conducted over the past several years at Stony Brook Medicine’s World Trade Center Health Program, as many as 60 percent of 9/11 World Trade Center responders continue to experience clinically significant symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and lower respiratory illness.