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Arash Javanbakht

  • Associate Professor, Founding Director of the Stress, Trauma, and Anxiety Research Clinic (STARC), Wayne State University School of Medicine
Ann Arbor
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Trauma psychiatrist. Founding Director of Stress, Trauma, and Anxiety Research Clinic (STARC)
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Fireworks can torment veterans and gun violence survivors. Here's how to celebrate with respect this 4th of July

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By Arash Javanbakht
| Good Good Good Verified
For some combat veterans, the Fourth of July is not a time to celebrate the independence of the country they love. Instead, the holiday is a terrifying ordeal. That’s because the noise of fireworks — loud, sudden, and reminiscent of war — rocks their nervous system. Daily fireworks in many U.S. cities in recent weeks have no doubt been interfering with the sleep and peace of mind of thousands of veterans. This reaction is not unique to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.
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Exposure to Shootings Changes Us All

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By Arash Javanbakht
| Mississippi Free Press Verified
On Sept. 10, 2025, the nation’s attention was riveted by the fatal shooting of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk on a college campus in Utah. At nearly the exact same time, a state away—in Colorado—an active shooting was underway on a high school campus in a sleepy mountain town, leaving two teens in critical condition and the shooter, a fellow student, dead from a self-inflicted gunshot.
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2 shootings, 2 states, minutes apart − a trauma psychiatrist explains how exposure to shootings changes all of us

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By Arash Javanbakht
| The African Mirror
ON Sept. 10, 2025, the nation’s attention was riveted by the fatal shooting of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk on a college campus in Utah. At nearly the exact same time, a state away – in Colorado – an active shooting was underway on a high school campus in a sleepy mountain town, leaving two teens in critical condition and the shooter, a fellow student, dead from a self-inflicted gunshot.
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