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Andrew Rasmussen blogs about the role of psychotherapy in the immediate aftermath of disasters: There has been a lot of talk among mental health professionals about the psychological consequences of the devastating earthquake that struck Port Au Prince, Haiti, two weeks ago, and just what should be done right now. The answer, it turns [...] “My last words to my son were, ‘Be a man and get through it,’” Mr. Keesling said. “I was the stupid dad. If my son had said, ‘Dad I’ve broken my leg, I can’t go on,’ I would have understood. But I didn’t understand the mental health side.” Gregg Keesling, the father of a [...] Source: BBC Playing the computer puzzle game Tetris can help reduce the effects of traumatic stress, UK researchers say. Volunteers were exposed to distressing images, with some given the game to play 30 minutes later, the PLoS One journal reported. Players had fewer “flashbacks”, perhaps because it helped disrupt the laying down of memories, said [...] |
I am an Associate in the Poverty, Gender and Youth Program at the Population Council and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Global Public Health in the New York University Master's Program in Global Public Health. 
 
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