Prevalence and Risk Factors of Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder After a Mass Shooting

Mohammed Abba-Aji; Angela Moreland; Salma M Abdalla; Caitlin Rancher; Sandro Galea; Faraday Davies; Dean G Kilpatrick

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.2739

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder After a Mass Shooting

JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Mar 4;7(3):e242739. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.2739.

Authors

Mohammed Abba-Aji¹, Angela Moreland², Salma M Abdalla¹, Caitlin Rancher², Sandro Galea¹, Faraday Davies², Dean G Kilpatrick²

Affiliations

¹ School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study examines the self-reported mental health outcomes of adults 4 years after witnessing and surviving the shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada.

MeSH terms

Depression / epidemiology
Humans
Mass Shooting Events*
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic* / epidemiology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic* / etiology