World Trade Center attack responders continue to need monitoring of PTSD, cognitive status

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Twenty plus years after the September 11 World Trade Center attacks responders who have suffered physical and cognitive illnesses resulting from exposures continue to be monitored by health care providers. Ongoing studies by investigators at the Stony Brook WTC Health and Wellness Program reveal that assessments of this patient population's mental health and cognitive status remain on the forefront of research as we move further away from that fateful day of 911.

symptoms as a secondary symptom to cognitive impairments. Specifically, responders with an increased risk of cortical atrophy showed behavioral impairment in motivation, mood, disinhibition, empathy and psychosis., another study revealed that there are associations between WTC exposure duration and inflammation in the brains of responders among 99 responders who participated from 2017 to 2019, with the average age being only 56 years.

Many responders to date have experienced mild cognitive impairment in comparison to non-responders their age.

 

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