Four years after a mass shooting, the lasting trauma in Santa Fe, Texas serves as a cautionary tale for Highland Park, Ill.; Uvalde, Texas; and Buffalo, N.Y. — and shows the importance and challenge of building sustainable mental health resources quickly.
, an expert in post-traumatic stress disorder and trauma at Stanford University."What is the future going to be for children who survive these massive traumatic events if they don't get the mental health help they need?" she said.
Jacquelyn Poteet directs the Santa Fe Resiliency Center, which serves the Texas city's mental health needs in the wake of a 2018 mass school shooting. "A lot of people don't even realize they've got trauma," Poteet says.Flo Rice, a substitute teacher injured in the Santa Fe shooting, was able to connect immediately with a counselor from the Galveston Family Service Center who showed up one day in her hospital room. For years she called, texted and saw her free of charge.
Reagan Gaona’s rose tattoo includes the date of the Santa Fe High School shooting, May 18, 2018. Her boyfriend, Chris Stone, was among those killed.Reagan Gaona, 19, credits a therapist for helping to save her life. Gaona was finishing her sophomore year when her boyfriend, Chris Stone, was killed at the school. It took three therapists to find the right fit.
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