Newswise — WHAT: As you are reporting on the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, psychologists are available to discuss the attacks’ long-term effects on survivors; trauma and grief; resilience; and terrorism response.
The American Psychological Association also has useful resources available on its website, including:• 9/11 Anniversary May Create Worries in Some Kids• How to talk to children about difficult news and tragedies• How much news coverage is OK for children?
WHO: Roxane Cohen Silver, PhDIrvine, CaliforniaEmail: [email protected]
Expertise: Roxane Cohen Silver, PhD, is a psychology professor at the University of California, Irvine, and has spent the last 35 years studying acute and long-term psychological and physical reactions to stressful life events around the world, including the 9/11 attacks and the Boston Marathon bombing, and has recently been conducting research on the aftermath of the Orlando nightclub shootings. She edited and wrote for a special issue of American Psychologist on the 9/11 attacks on their 10th anniversary and is available to talk about the changes in how terror attacks are broadcast to the world via social media and the psychological effect this has on the terrorists and communities.
Mary Alvord, PhDRockville, MarylandMobile: (301)257-9005Email: [email protected]
Expertise: Mary Alvord, PhD, is a psychologist who has practiced for more than 35 years and is director of Alvord, Baker & Associates LLC, a large group practice in Rockville and Silver Spring, Maryland, as well as an adjunct associate professor at The George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences. A contributor to the American Psychological Association’s Help Center, she offers tips on resilience and stress and she appears frequently in the national and local media. She can talk about how people, including children and teens, cope with traumas and tragedies and “protective factors” that help offset risk factors. Frank Farley, PhDPhiladelphiaWork Phone: (215) 204-6024Home Phone: (215) 668-7581Email: [email protected]
Expertise: Frank Farley, PhD, is the Laura H. Carnell professor of educational psychology at Temple University. His research focuses on extreme behaviors, including risk-taking, violence and terror. He has spoken to media on the psychological motives behind the Boston Marathon bombing, including the radicalization of the bombers, the Paris attacks and more. He is president of the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence and is a former president of the APA.
Robin Gurwitch, PhDDurham, North CarolinaMobile: (405) 659-9513Email: [email protected]
Expertise: Robin Gurwitch, PhD, is a clinical psychologist at Duke University Medical Center and has been involved in interpreting the impact of terrorism and disasters on children since the 1995 bombing in Oklahoma City, providing direct service and training, and conducting research. She is a member of the APA Disaster Resource Network, American Red Cross and the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. She was recently appointed to the Health and Human Services National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters.
Richard Tedeschi, PhDCharlotte, North CarolinaEmail: [email protected]
Expertise: Richard Tedeschi, PhD, is a licensed psychologist specializing in bereavement and trauma. He is a professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where he teaches personality and psychotherapy and helps run the Posttraumatic Growth Research Group. He has published several books on posttraumatic growth, an area of research he has helped develop that examines personal transformations in the aftermath of traumatic life events, including the 9/11 attacks. ________________________________________
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