Ten Years Later: What Have We Learned? The Psychological Impact of 9/11

Ten years ago, the world witnessed the largest set of synchronized terrorist attacks ever to take place on U.S. soil. For most, the attacks of September 11, 2001 played out in real time on our television sets. For residents of New York City, Washington, DC and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, it played out in their own backyards. The political and social impact of the attacks has been debated vigorously in the 10 years since. It is now time to step back to examine the short- and longer-term psychological impact of the attacks.

What have been the mental health consequences for those who experienced the attacks directly or lost a loved one on 9/11?
What has been the impact of the attacks on the national psyche?
What have we learned about those who might be at risk for deleterious mental health effects should there be another large scale terrorist attack? 
What have we learned about treatment of disaster survivors? 

Psychology Beyond Borders, together with Columbia University - Department of Psychiatry and the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, University of California, Irvine's School of Social Ecology, and the National Center for PTSD, is hosting a lecture and webinar to address these and other questions. We bring together three internationally renowned experts:





Roxane Cohen Silver, PhD, Professor of Psychology & Social Behavior and Medicine, School of Social Ecology - University of California, Irvine, who led the only 3-year national longitudinal study of the psychosocial impact of the 9/11 attacks and has served as an advisor to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security across the past decade.

 
 


Yuval Neria, PhD, Professor of Clinical Psychology, Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, who conducted seminal studies after the 9/11 attacks, in 9/11 bereaved and low income immigrant populations in New York City, and published two of the major professional volumes on this topic.
 
 



Patricia Watson, PhD, Senior Education Specialist, the National Center for PTSD, whose work has led to a major shift in the treatment of survivors of terrorist attacks and disasters and has developed highly novel interventions for use in post-disaster settings.

 

Moderator


Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, award-winning investigative journalist and commentator.

 
 
 
 
Lecture Registration:
https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e4hxljei38010500&oseq=
 
 
Webinar Registration: 
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/436709240