Distress, Traumatic Stress, and PTSD in the Wake of the Boston Bombing
Category: WELLNESS
Many people directly exposed to mass violence will have traumatic stress reactions, and such reactions may occur off and on, even years later. But these reactions should not necessarily be regarded as pathological responses or even as precursors of subsequent disorder.
By Patricia Watson, Ph.D., Contributor
Senior educational specialist for the National Center for PTSD..., 2013-04-20