Healing After Disaster: The Resilience Legacy of 9/11
As the world approaches the 25th anniversary of September 11th, 2001, our show examines what happened that day, and the psychological impact that followed—along with the lessons we’ve learned about trauma, recovery, and resilience.
We’re joined on this episode by Dr. Craig Katz, a psychiatrist at Mount Sinai whose work has put him on ther front lines of disaster response. He helped organize New York City’s psychiatric response following 9/11, through an organization he co-founded called Disaster Psychiatry Outreaech.
On this episode, Dr. Katz discusses what disasters can do to our mental health, why their effects can last for years, and what 9/11 has taught us about helping individuals and communities recover.
As we approach the twenty-fifth anniversary of the September 11th attacks in New York City, we're examining not only what happened that day, but the psychological impact that followed. And the lessons we've learned about trauma, recovery, and resilience.
Our guest is Dr. Craig Katz, a psychiatrist at Mount Sinai, whose work has taken him to the front lines of disaster response.
He helped organize New York City's psychiatric response following and later founded and directed Mount Sinai's World Trade Center Mental Health Screening and Treatment Program for responders.
Today, we'll talk about what disasters can do to our mental health, why their effects can last for years, and what 9/11 has taught us about helping individuals and communities recover
Dr. Craig Katz, welcome to Road to Resilience.
Craig Katz: Thanks [00:01:00] for having me.
Stephen Calabria: You've spent more than two decades working at the intersection of psychiatry, disaster response, and global mental health. To kick us off, what does resilience mean to you?
Craig Katz: That you keep going. And I say that because that particular trajectory that you described has been something that has taken a lot of perseverance.