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- Mary Jane Gore
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ONLINE Since September 11, the online universe has been helping us in the real world. The Web has been a fantastic source of news and updates. Emails have kept us in touch. For this issue, I went looking for sites that provided links or resources for coping in our changed world.
A Community Healing site from the University of Virginia Health System and the Institute for Quality Health of Virginia has gathered many tips and articles related to coping and stress management, at http://www.hsc.virginia.edu/home/special-projects/community-healing/home.html. The fact sheets cover critical incident stress, how to get kids over their fear of flying, and post-traumatic stress disorder, among many other topics. Among its useful links is the federal Office of Personnel Management Manual for Managers on Handling Traumatic Events.
The National Institute of Mental Health page on emotional trauma and terrorism also has information on depression and anxiety: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/outline/responseterrorism.cfm.
At the site for NIOSH, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in charge of protecting Americans in the…
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