The following NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital experts are available to speak on the subjects of criminal psychiatry, mental and physical trauma, grief counseling, and PTSD.
Experts in grieving and post-traumatic stress disorder are available as sources for media covering the aftermath of the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech.
The killings at Virginia Tech have once again brought the issue of school violence to the forefront. Joseph Gasper, a graduate student in the Department of Sociology at Johns Hopkins, studies the nature of school crime and juvenile violence, as well as causes and prevention.
Alliant International University President Dr. Geoffrey Cox responds to Virginia Tech shooting; Makes experts available to the media.
Pay attention. That is one of three keys to preventing tragedies like the one at Virginia Tech this week, according to Kansas State University's Briana Nelson Goff.
Gun control expert discusses the legal and logistical issues of how the Virginia Tech shooter armed himself.
The American Academy of Pediatrics has a number of pediatricians who specialize in violence prevention and mental health issues available for interviews to discuss the recent campus shooting tragedy at Virginia Tech.
To help the media answer questions about the tragedy at Virginia Tech, Cornell University is offering psychology experts that specialize in identifying potential mental health problems in a student population and school violence. To reach these experts, call Blaine Friedlander at (607) 254-8093.
Death Education and Counseling association makes resources available to those affected by the Virginia Tech shootings and encourages sensitivity to those who show post-traumatic responses.
In the wake of the April 16 fatal shootings at Virginia Tech, several Central Michigan University faculty members are available to speak about the events from various perspectives.
A psychologist who has written four books on school crises and consulted at Columbine and Red Lake and a criminal justice professor who teaches one of the few courses on mass and serial murder, comment on the Virginia Tech shootings.
A new technology has been developed that could help prevent gun tragedies, especially when a gun is used by someone other than the gun's licensed owner.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has available for interviews two outstanding individuals with extensive experience in psychological trauma counseling (elementary and high school-age students).
Dr. Robert Geffner, Founder and President of the Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma available to the media for interviews regarding recent shooting at Virginia Tech.
Chester Quarles, professor of criminal justice and former CEO of his own full-service private security firm who has studied and written extensively on school violence, is available for interviews.
Concern over terrorism has further increased Americans' support for firearm regulation according to a report from the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago. When asked if gun control laws should be stricter in the wake of the 9.11 attacks, 76.5 percent of Americans surveyed said yes.
A program encouraging students to confront and counterattack a violent intruder in their school is earning applause from an expert at Kansas State University.
The school shootings that have occurred in recent weeks are evidence that not enough has been done by administrators and teachers since Columbine to prevent such tragedies, says a Purdue University expert in school and workplace violence.
"It is all too easy when we are angry, hurt, or grieving to dehumanize others in an attempt to reconcile our craving for retribution with our desire for justice," said Gettysburg College philosophy professor Steven Gimbel. "But with the Amish families, we saw both terrible suffering and an authentic understanding that there were others in pain as well."
Dr. Stuart Twemlow MD, a psychiatrist at The Menninger Clinic in Houston and an international expert on school and community violence, is available to comment on the recent shoot shootings. He has advised the FBI on threat assessment and school violence. He also has consulted with several cities on workplace climate, school climate and threat assessment.
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