The Bondi Beach terror attack was unique. A doctor and paramedic who researches disasters and co-ordinated volunteers on the day explains why.
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The Canadian Emergency Response Psychosocial Support Network offers a directory of mental health services across Canada, a mental health self-assessment tool, and individual and community mental-health tool kits.
The “zero responders” – bystanders who proactively assist – play a pivotal role in the immediate response to crisis. They can be key players in preventing, reporting and containing a violent incident.
Schoolteachers routinely report feeling ill-prepared to guide their students through difficult conversations about high-profile violent events.
The Civil War – the second-most-deadly event in US history, just behind COVID-19 –contributed to lasting changes in how Americans care for the dead.
Identifying the victims of a mass casualty event is a crucial part of grieving and community healing.
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Goodrich C White Professor of Religion, Emory University
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Associate Professor of Forensic Science, Murdoch University
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Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Florida International University
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Associate Professor of Special Education, Boston University
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology, Boston University
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Professor and Homewood Research Chair in Mental Health and Trauma, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer Paramedicine, University of Tasmania; University of Notre Dame Australia; Kingston University