Fourteen months after a sniper attack at an elementary school, level of
exposure to that event remained the primary predictor of ongoing
posttraumatic stress reactions in 100 schoolchildren who were followed up.
Guilt feelings and knowing the child who was killed were associated with a
greater number of symptoms. Grief reactions occurred independent of degree
of exposure to the event. The authors discuss the public health
implications of these longitudinal findings.
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