Independence fire chief talks PTSD following loss of member
Independence Fire Chief Douglas Short says Fire Equipment Operator/Paramedic Chad Sappenfield wasn't afraid to talk about his post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Independence Fire Chief Douglas Short says Fire Equipment Operator/Paramedic Chad Sappenfield wasn't afraid to talk about his post-traumatic stress disorder.
Kansas City mental health expert weighs in on reactions to violence Kansas City mental health expert weighs in on reactions to violence and last updated 2021-05-03 23:53:44-04 KANSAS CITY, Mo. â Seeing and hearing about all the violence in a community can be sickening, according to Kansas City area doctors. "Your amygdala starts spinning out of control, and then once you get into that situation, you can't rationalize your way out of it," Dr. Sasha Hamdani, a psychiatrist at the Psychiatry Associates of Kansas City, said. "So yes, you can have these situations where you just get absolutel...