Boston Marathon blasts caused PTSD symptoms in vets

Marathon blasts caused PTSD symptoms in vets
Boston.com
David Abel
November 8, 2013

In the days after the Marathon bombings, which brought home a horror that many military veterans faced abroad, some began to experience again the trauma they had spent years struggling to overcome.

A study released Friday of Boston-area military veterans previously diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder found that 38 percent of those surveyed said they experienced emotional distress as a result of the bombings and the lock-down during the search for the suspects. Of those, a majority told researchers that they experienced unwanted memories of their own trauma.

“These veterans are among the unrecognized victims of the terrorist attacks, those whose injuries are hidden,” said Mark Miller, associate professor of psychiatry at the Boston University School of Medicine and the lead author of the study. Full story for BostonGlobe.com subscribers.