Mass shootings elsewhere can cause anxiety, regression in children in Oregon

A lockdown alarm installed as part of renovations in a Salem middle school in 2019 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)

The mass shootings in a Texas school and a New York state supermarket this month that killed 31 people, including 19 children, took place more than 2,000 miles from Oregon but they can still particularly affect children in the state.

Dr. Ajit Jetmalani, a child psychiatrist at Oregon Health & Science University, is urging parents to watch…

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