Philadelphia Inquirer: Afghan evacuees are being crushed by grief. A Philly agency is trying to help.
August 22, 2022
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“It’s active, it’s now, it’s every day,” said Gretchen Shanfeld, senior director of program operations at Nationalities Service Center
Professionals who work with Afghan evacuees say many are plagued not by specific mental-health conditions, nor by anguish that peaks and slowly passes, but by unresolvable grief and anxiety over the loss of living children and spouses who could not get out. NSC is trying a different way to help. Read more at Inquirer.com.