The Forensic Community's Response to September 11

Lessons learned from the New York State mental health response to the September 11, 2001, attacks.

OBJECTIVE In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center, the public mental health system in New York City mounted the largest mental health disaster response in history, called Project Liberty. The successes and challenges of Project Liberty are evaluated. METHODS The development of Project Liberty is summarized and analyzed from the perspective of the New York...

September 11 and science.

Watching the attack on the World Trade Center unfold, it was clear that some basic rules of politics and security have been changed irreversibly. We have all mentally rerun the footage of the callous use of an aeroplane as a terrorist bomb and the collapse of the twin towers, yet we remain in disbelief that it did actually happen. Now, we wait for the next phase, unsure if the counter-attack ag...

Parental response and adolescent adjustment to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

This study examined adolescents' adjustment following the attacks of September 11, 2001 (9/11). A Web-based survey was administered 2 weeks and 7 months postattacks to a national sample of adolescents (N = 104). A randomly selected parent also completed a survey at the 7-month assessment. Although exposure to the attacks was indirect, over half the participants felt threatened. Adolescents' pos...

the geopolitics of afghanistan after september 11, 2001, and its impact on iranian national security

abstract u.s. attack to afghanistan after 9/11 provided opportunities for us who tried to become the dominant power after collapse of ussr and bipolar world. thinkers like fukuyama believed american liberal democrats thought would be universally accepted without resistances. liberal democracy is the best and final model of governance; in this regard, united state has moral responsibilities for...

Psychoeducational debriefings after the September 11 disaster.