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Disaster news on TV and social media can trigger post-traumatic stress in kids thousands of miles away – here’s why some are more vulnerable

  • Written by Jonathan S. Comer, Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Florida International University
imageExposure to videos of disasters can trigger post-traumatic stress symptoms in some children.Chokchai Poomichaiya / EyeEm via Getty Images

When disasters strike, the flood of images on TV and social media can have a powerful psychological impact on children – whether those children are physically in the line of danger or watching from...

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