Kids Who Lost Parent On 9/11 Suffer
A study released yesterday showed that [three-quarters of children] who lost a parent on 9/11 suffered from psychiatric illnesses after the attacks, including anxiety disorder, posttraumatic stress and depression. Shocking, I know. Researchers at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center monitored 45 kids (average age of nine) who had lost a parent for two years following the attacks. Before 9/11, only one-third of them had mental health problems. They were compared to 34 children who had not lost a parent, and the number of psychiatric problems suffered by the former group more than [doubled after the attacks](http://www.nysun.com/article/50795). Findings also revealed that children who lost a parent are 10 times as likely to suffer post-traumatic stress disorder than those who did not.
And amidst this weeks [anti-war protests], one group is planning [an alternative demonstration](http://www.1010wins.com/pages/311111.php?contentType=4&contentId=379586) to mark the fourth anniversary of the Iraq War. Today at 7:30 p.m., [the Glass Bead Collective](http://www.glassbeadcollective.org/projects/projection/index.htm) will project images onto a building at ground zero using a 100,000 lumens projector. Participants are asked to bring a candle, and the groups website notes that there will be an after-party at [Mehanata](http://www.mehanata.com/) (113 Ludlow, near Delancey St.) with DJs PoodleCannon and Luke Warm.