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Repeated Exposure To Traumatic Images May Be Harmful To Health
September 5, 2012 by NewsBot
Repeated exposure to violent images from the terrorist attacks of September 11 and the Iraq War led to an increase in physical and psychological ailments in a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults, according to a new UC Irvine study. The study sheds light on the lingering effects of "collective traumas" such as natural disasters, mass shootings and terrorist attacks...