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NYC Teens Drank More After 9/11
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 "The take-home message is that there's a very complex interaction relationship between the mental-health problems and other types of behaviors after you have a large-scale attack like 9/11," Duarte said. "We have to look at these behaviors in their complexity and their interactions. It's hard to look only at mental health or post traumatic stress disorder, or only at increased drinking or increased smoking. We have to understand those things together."
One trauma specialist said teens might be especially vulnerable to the effects of high stress. Among other issues, they have "raging hormones and less life experience, leading to less-developed coping skills," said Dr. Redford Williams, director of the Behavioral Medicine Research Center at Duke University Medical Center.
Eventually, doctors may be able to use genetic testing to identify people at high risk of reacting poorly to stress and then provide them with special training to help them cope, Williams said.
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For more on coping with trauma, visit the American Psychological Association (www.psychologymatters.org ).
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SOURCES: Cristiane S. Duarte, Ph.D., assistant professor, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York City; Redford Williams, M.D., director, Behavioral Medicine Research Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.; May 2006, American Journal of Public Health
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