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In the wake of the mass shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, the Australian Child and Adolescent Trauma, Loss and Grief Network (ACATLGN) based at ANU, has cautioned parents, carers and healthcare professionals to be mindful of the impacts this tragedy could have on Australian children. ACATLGN Chairperson and Professor of Psychological Medicine at the ANU Medical School, Beverley Raphael AM, expressed the network's sadness over the shootings and reminded people of the support resources available. "We all extend our wishes and condolences during this tragic time. We also recognise the great courage of both those who have died and those who have survived. Parents, families and communities will be experiencing grief, sadness, anger and helplessness. "Tragic incidents often lead us to be touched once more by our own traumas, our own losses, our own grief and these are often brought to the surface again by such experiences. So it is an important time to recognise this grief and to comfort one another or even to seek help if the distress is very great.
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