"At today’s meeting of the governor’s Sandy Hook Advisory Commission, officials said the need for trauma services is likely to continue for some time.
"Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Commissioner Patricia Rehmer says officials are just begining to see the after-effects of stress from Sandy Hook right now.
“In the immediate aftermath, people are really dealing more with grief, and the immediate response,” Rehmer said. “We aniticipate that in three or six months we will begin to see more need, and then a specific anniversaries.”
"Rehmer says it will take at least a year or two, to fully understand the effect of trauma on students, teachers, and first responders...."
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