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Crime Victims Center offers information, counseling The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks had a profound effect on all Americans.  Most South Carolinians, Charlestonians, and members of the MUSC family escaped the direct effects of these attacks, but lives and emotions have been changed profoundly. Most Americans have conflicting emotions of anger, fear, grief, and stress, as well as apprehension and concern about what will happen in the future. Based on more than two decades experience working with crime victims and their families, the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center knows that what victims and family members need is accurate information. They want to know about reactions to such tragic events and what they can do to make things better for themselves and their families. Through widespread, repeated media coverage of the attacks, no American has escaped exposure to the massive carnage and destruction the terrorists caused. Thus, all Americans have been affected in some way and also need accurate information. Since the terrorist attacks, the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center has joined with other national organizations to help. Together, the CVC has been developing and sharing information that would be useful to victims, survivors, and other Americans who were indirect victims of this vicious attack. Find this information at <http://www.musc.edu/cvc/>.  The plan is to review this information and to post the information that is best supported by good science and sound practice. The CVC will update the information frequently and will also include links to other sites that contain helpful information.  In conjunction with colleagues in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Institute of Psychiatry, the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center will be providing assistance to MUSC faculty, staff, and students. If you are an MUSC student and need help, call or contact Counseling and Psychological Services  at 792-4930.   MUSC faculty and Staff Employee Assistance 792-2848.