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April 18, 2015
by Joan Childs,LCSW

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How Terrorism Terrorizes Us

April 18, 2015 07:55 by Joan Childs,LCSW  [About the Author]

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Nearly four years after September 11, 2001, an abstract was published online. Its title: The Impact of Terrorism on Brain and Behavior: What We Know and What We Need to Know. This abstract was based on papers presented by Paul Slovic, Rachel Yehuda, Edna Foa, Daniel Pine, Matthew Friedman, John Krystal, and Robert Ursano at the ACNP meeting in December 2003 (Yehuda & Human, 2005). This article draws attention to how terrorism continues to terrorize us so many years later. [More]

April 14, 2015
by Lauren Popham, PhD

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Conviction of the Boston Marathon Bomber: Will Justice Heal Emotional Wounds?

April 14, 2015 16:02 by Lauren Popham, PhD  [About the Author]

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On Wednesday April 8th, the jury reached a verdict on the tragic Boston Marathon bombing case. They decided to convict 21-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. It comes as no surprise given that Dzhokhar has admitted to participating in the April 15, 2013 bombing. His defense team claimed that while he did participate in the events that led up to the bombing, his 26-year-old brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was ultimately responsible for the attack, which killed two adults and a child and injured 264 people. [More]