{"id":844533,"date":"2026-09-11T21:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T21:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/844533\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T21:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T21:04:10","slug":"ptsd-symptoms-linger-for-9-11-first-responders-expert-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/844533\/","title":{"rendered":"PTSD symptoms linger for 9\/11 first responders, expert says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>9\/11 first responders still battle PTSD symptoms decades later, expert says<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbaltv.com\/news-team\/4fa9341a-ed24-4e26-ae16-5af6e28d5d9d\" aria-label=\"Mindy Basara profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4fa9341a-ed24-4e26-ae16-5af6e28d5d9d_1567127623.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Mindy Basara\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>BALTIMORE \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">A quarter of a century after the September 11 attacks,  the emotional toll on first responders remains.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Post-traumatic stress can resurface at any time and linger for decades, according to a psychologist from the University of Maryland Medical Center who has treated many first responders.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">&#8220;The percent of people who are diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after the World Trade Center attacks amongst first responders was about 23%, which is a lot higher than the estimated six to eight percent among the general population,&#8221; said Dr. Madeline Marks.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Marks said that two decades after the attacks, the persistence of PTSD symptoms is around 10%.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Signs of post-traumatic stress disorder among first responders include:<\/p>\n<p>Feeling angryExperiencing heightened emotions in everyday situationsWithdrawing from friends and familyNightmaresSubstance abuse.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">Family members of first responders can also suffer mental health effects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"9\/11 first responders still battle PTSD symptoms decades later, expert says BALTIMORE \u2014 A quarter of a century&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":844534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[50090,8212,4,450,34495,22848,357452,228726,357451,20121,43034,357450,27152,357447,21305,451,357444,8640,259,3,357446,60488,357443,74142,24791,357449,58189,357448,27830,50094,88887,7241,30106,452,453,357445,6671,201001,50089],"class_list":["post-844533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-9-11","tag-attack","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-century","tag-decade","tag-dr-madeline-marks","tag-emotional-toll","tag-everyday-situation","tag-expert","tag-family-members","tag-family-nightmares-substance-abuse","tag-first-responder","tag-first-responder-mental-health","tag-first-responders","tag-headlines","tag-madeline-marks","tag-maryland","tag-mental-health","tag-news","tag-nightmares","tag-percent","tag-post-traumatic-stress","tag-psychologist","tag-ptsd","tag-ptsd-symptom","tag-ptsd-symptoms","tag-resurfacing-symptoms","tag-september","tag-september-11","tag-september-11-attacks","tag-sign","tag-substance-abuse","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-traumatic-stress","tag-university","tag-university-of-maryland-medical-center","tag-world-trade-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=844533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/844534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=844533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=844533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=844533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}