Caring for Kids After a School Shooting
Listen well, and help them help each other
Clinical Expert: Paramjit T. Joshi, MD
Paramjit Joshi, MD, is chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC.
Related: Anxiety Over School Shootings
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