Treatment of Mental Health Conditions Following Terrorist Attacks

Treatment of Mental Health Conditions Following Terrorist Attacks... 

Soon after these events, the deluge of patient calls to family physicians following the anthrax attacks in October 2001, mostly from the nnexposed yet anxions patients, illnstrated the critical role primary care physicians play in responding to patient anxieties regarding terrorism, real and imagined. This chapter discnsses the epidemiology of mental health conditions subsequent to terrorist events, followed by treatment and prevention recommendations for primary care physicians. 

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