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2 shootings, 2 states, minutes apart − a trauma psychiatrist explains how exposure to shootings changes all of us

  • Written by Arash Javanbakht, Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
imageGreater numbers of people are being exposed to horrific violence than in the past, in large part through the amplification on social media.Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images News via Getty Images

On Sept. 10, 2025, the nation’s attention was riveted by the fatal shooting of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk on a college campus in Utah. At...

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