The Changing Mental Health Aftermath of 9/11--Psychological "First Aid" Gains Favor over Debriefings
Saturday, September 10, 2011 - 12:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Just watching television footage of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, was enough to cause clinically diagnosable stress responses in some people who did not even live near the attacks--let alone the millions of people who did .Like many other major disasters, 9/11 brought with it a host of psychological repercussions, one of the most severe of which has been post-traumatic stress disorder . PTSD is characterized by trouble sleeping, difficulty controlling anger, losing interest in activities, flashbacks, emotional numbness and/or other symptoms . If not treated, it can be debilitating. [More]