Plans Needed to Manage Mental Trauma After a Terrorist Event / Medical Nes Today, 19 Jul 2005

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"Advanced planning is crucial to managing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in large numbers of people after a terrorist event, say Tulane University researchers. Web- and phone-based counseling, preventive medication and limiting personal exposure to media coverage of the event, particularly for children, must all be considered in planning for the aftermath of a terrorist event, says Tulane psychiatrist and public health researcher Neil Boris. The article appears in the July edition of the journal Biosecurity and Bioterrrorism. "