Aftermath of a disaster: the collapse of the Hyatt Regency Hotel skywalks
- 1 September 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 140 (9) , 1134-1139
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.140.9.1134
Abstract
Data regarding psychiatric symptoms reported by 102 persons who had experienced the collapse of 2 skywalks in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kanasa City [Missouri, USA] was provided. Those interviewed were injured victims, guests of the hotel who were not injured and rescue workers. They were interviewed within 5 mo. of the disaster. Virtually all of the subjects had psychiatric symptoms; only slight differences were found among those who were victims, observers or rescuers.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Comments on Aspects of the Theory of Psychic EnergyJournal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 1971