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Frequently Asked Questions About PTSD Related To Sudden Loss

by National Center For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

What is within the "normal" range of reactions to a traumatic event like the September 11 terrorist attack? Most child and adult survivors experience normal stress reactions for several days or weeks. Survivors experience reactions such as shock, fear, grief, anger, resentment, guilt, shame, helplessness, and hopelessness.

Frequently Asked Questions About Suicide

by NIMH

If someone tells you they are thinking about suicide, you should take their distress seriously, listen nonjudgmentally, and help them get to a professional for evaluation and treatment. People consider suicide when they are hopeless and unable to see alternative solutions to problems.

Suicide: Do you know enough?