A senior educational specialist for the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which is affiliated with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Watson writes that “of all types of disasters, terrorism is correlated with higher rates of traumatic stress reactions across larger areas of the population, and for longer durations.”
“The scale, unpredictability, novelty, and high threat nature of terrorist attacks have a wide-ranging impact on perceived risk for being harmed in additional attacks,” she says.
Among suggestions for taking care of oneself in the aftermath of terrorist attacks, she writes, are “finding a way to honor losses,” and “proceeding with life’s necessities, which will help develop and maintain a continued engagement in life.”
Read the full story, published 4/20/13 by The Huffington Post.
