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OAKLAND, Calif., Apr. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is a summary of news sources who are willing to discuss issues related to the psychological effects of war in Iraq including effects of troops, their families and the general population. Each of these organizations issued news releases on the AScribe newswire. This summary of sources is provided by AScribe as a service for the media.

Michael Rich, MD / Children's Hospital, Boston

Dr. Rich, a specialist in adolescent medicine, has published widely on the effects of violence in the media on children and adolescents and is the American Academy of Pediatrics expert spokesperson this topic. He founded and is Director of a new Center on Media and Child Health at Children's Hospital. The center is the first to focus entirely on the effects of media and the health of children. Rich has teenage children. Contact Office of Public Affairs, at 617-355-6420; evenings and weekends, 617-355-6369, pager 1641.

Anna Beth Benningfield / Virginia Tech

Benningfield, clinical training director at the university's Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic, is a specialist in couple relationships. She can discuss trauma caused by war or terrorism; also, coping with family stress and depression. Contact Benningfield at (o) 540-231-6807; abenning@vt.edu.

Karen Rosen / Virginia Tech

Rosen, clinical supervisor at VT's Center for Family Services in Northern Virginia, can discuss domestic violence during times of stress. Contact Rosen at (o) 703-538-8461; krosen@vt.edu.

Stuart P. Fischoff / California State University, Los Angeles

Fischoff, professor of psychology, is a clinical psychologist, president of the Association for Media Psychology and founder and executive director of the Psychotherapy Screening Guild. He specializes in media psychology. Fischoff can discuss the psychological impact of television's coverage of terrorism and how people should properly handle viewing such televised disasters as the World Trade Center destruction. Contact Carol Selkin, Office of Public Affairs, at 323-343-3050.

Gloria Leon / University of Minnesota

Leon, a psychology professor, is an expert on the psychological impact of terrorism, war and large-scale disasters. She can discuss current international efforts to deal with the psychological effect of disaster and wars. Her research has included looking at adults and adolescents affected by the Chernobyl disaster. Leon also chairs an international task force developing guidelines for the psychological response and treatment following terrorism and other types of disasters. Contact Leon at 612-626-9324 or 952-937-5271. Alternate contact: Catherine Peloquin, UM News Service, 612-624-8038.

Carol North, MD / Washington University, Saint Louis

Dr. North, professor of psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, is expert on post traumatic stress disorder following disasters of various types, North has studied the survivors of earthquakes, floods and industrial and technological accidents such as plane crashes. North and colleagues also have looked at the survivors of mass shootings, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the U.S. Embassy bombing in Kenya. Currently, she and colleagues are investigating the mental health after-effects of the anthrax attacks on Capitol Hill, and she is conducting preliminary studies of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Contact Dr. North at (o) 314-286-0100. Alternate contact: Nicole Vines, WUSM Media Relations, 314-286.0105.

Ted Bowman / University of Minnesota

Bowman, teaching specialist, department of work, community and family education, is a renowned author with expertise on aspects of grief and loss. He can speak about the loss brought on by war and the impact it has on families, helpers, organizations, and communities, as well as how to talk to children about war and death. Contact Bowman at (o) 651-645-6058; bowma008@umn.edu. Alternate contact: Paul Moore, UM News Service, 612-624-0214.

Douglas Raybeck / Hamilton College

Raybeck, professor of anthropology, said said the barrage of television and internet coverage of the war will increase stress and anxiety of many. "Americans are probably more conflicted about the war and less certain of its outcome than has ever before been the case. Part of our uncertainty is due to our newly acknowledged vulnerability, part of it is due to the complexity of the undertaking, and part to the knowledge that most of the world does not readily agree with our position," said Raybeck, an expert in future studies. "This glut of information . . . means that, as a nation, we will be far less able to distance ourselves from this conflict." He said, "Like a rabbit watching an approaching fox, people may find themselves transfixed by the proximity of events spilling forth from their televisions and computers. Such attentiveness promotes neither thoughtfulness nor reflection, but it can promote considerable political polarization." Contact Raybeck at (o) 315-859-4227; draybeck@hamilton.edu

Robert Baron / University of Iowa

Baron, professor of psychology, can speak about the psychological effects of war, group behavior (including dynamics of military units), and stress. Contact Baron at (o) 319-335-2453; robert-baron@uiowa.edu.

Harriett C. Haynes / University of Minnesota

Haynes, senior psychologist and director of Counseling and Consulting Services at the university, has had more than 25 years experience counseling students and can speak to the psychological impact war and the current world situation can have on young adults and their families. Contact Haynes at (o) (612) 624-5862. Alternate contact: Paul Moore, News Service, 612-624-0214.

Carol Etherington / Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Etherington, assistant professor of nursing, can discuss the psychological effects of war, the effects of war on children in war zones, post-traumatic stress disorder and general international relations. She has traveled to Bosnia, Angola, Sierra Leone, Kosovo, Tajikistan, Honduras and Poland as a member of Medicins Sans Frontieres, also known as Doctors Without Borders. Etherington serves as coordinator and trainer/consultant, implementing programs that address post-traumatic stress in the wake of war or natural disaster. Contact Vanderbilt Medical Center News and Public Affairs, 615-322-4747.

Terri Weaver / Saint Louis University

Weaver , professor of psychology, is an expert on post-traumatic stress disorder. She can discuss the trauma of the conflict, what the soldiers will face when they return as well as the psychological effects on their family. Contact Clayton Berry, SLU News Office, at 314-977-7117.

Joan Lang, MD / Saint Louis University

Lang, chair of the department of psychiatry, can offer ways to manage the anxiety many people feel about being at war. Contact Nancy Solomon, SLU News Office, at 314-977-8017.

Francisco Fernandez / University of South Florida

Dr. Fernandez, professor and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, can comment on physical responses to psychological stress and coping with the worry, anxiety and sense of helplessness that the war can create among the civilian population. Contact Fernandez at ffernand@hsc.usf.edu. Alternate contacts: Marissa Emerson or Anne DeLotto Baier, HSC Public Affairs, 813-974-3300.

Glenn Catalano / University of South Florida

Dr. Catalano, professor of psychiatry, can comment on physical responses to psychological stress and coping with the worry, anxiety and sense of helplessness that the war can create among the civilian population. Contact Catalano at gcatalan@hsc.usf.edu. Alternate contacts: Marissa Emerson or Anne DeLotto Baier, HSC Public Affairs, 813-974-3300.

Carolyn Aldwin / University of California, Davis

Aldwin, an expert on how people cope with stress and the long-term effects of stress, can talk about how people react differently to war, based on age and closeness to the battlefields. She can talk about how veterans have historically dealt with war stress, the probability of post-traumatic stress disorders, and strategies for people for dealing with the war. Contact Aldwin at (o) 530-752-2415 or 530-752-5117; (lab) 530-758-5867 weekend; cmaldwin@ucdavis.edu.

Paul Ragan / Vanderbilt University Medical Cente

Dr. Ragan, assistant professor of psychiatry, was a U.S. Navy psychiatrist during the Gulf War and served with occupational forces in Kuwait City, treating troops for post-traumatic stress disorder. He can comment on what kinds of stressors troops will likely encounter, what will affect them and how, both acutely and over the long term. Contact Vanderbilt Medical Center News and Public Affairs: 615-322-4747

Garret D. Evans / University of Florida

An associate professor of clinical and health psychology, he can discuss psychological effects of disaster, terrorism and bioterrorism, and how to cope with them. Contact Jill Pease, University of Florida News and Public Affairs, at (o) 352-846-1153.

Samuel F. Sears / University of Florida

Sears, an associate professor of clinical and health psychology, can discuss coping with serious illness, the psychology of disaster aftermath and disaster-related stress. Contact Jill Pease, University of Florida News and Public Affairs, at (o) 352-846-1153.

James L. McGaugh / University of California, Irvine

McGaugh is available to discuss the neurobiology behind the strong emotion and stress of war and terrorism. He can provided perspective of the effects on citizens and troops, McGaugh is one of the world's leading authorities on the effect of drugs and stress on memory, in particular how fear can manipulate the brain's ability to consolidate memories. Contact McGaugh at 949-824-5401; jlmcgaug@uci.edu; or Tom Vasich, media relations office, at 949-824-6455

Jay Segal / Temple University

Segal, stress and anxiety expert, is a professor of health education at Temple's College of Allied Health. He has served as the director of Temple's Stress Management and Biofeedback Laboratory, and has spent more than 20 years researching stress and anxiety. Segal is conducting ongoing surveys of Americans' anxiety levels since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Contact Segal at (o) 215-204-5107 or (h) 610-825-0148.

Karen Starr / Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Starr, R.N., is a Lt. Col. in the U.S. Army Reserves and runs the psychology clinic for the Vanderbilt Transplant Center. She has spent active duty time treating troops of the 101st Airborne Division at Ft. Campbell as they returned from the war in Afghanistan. "Apparently, it's a lot bloodier in Afghanistan than we were led to believe," she said. Contact Vanderbilt Medical Center News and Public Affairs: 615-322-4747.

Greg Hall / Bentley College

Hall is associate professor and chair of the behavioral and political sciences department. He can address the psychological effects on citizens and children of going to war and the radical shift in national moral identity facilitated by the implementation of the Bush Doctrine. Contact Mike Bellwin, Bentley College Media Relations, at 781-891-2277; mbellwin@bentley.edu. Alternate contact: Heather Cole, 781-891-2755; hcole@bentley.edu.

Frank Farley / Temple University

Farley, a psychologist, can discuss the psychological impact world events, including war and threats of terrorism, have on individuals and the nation. He is a past president of the American Psychological Association. Contact Farley at (o) 215-204-6024 or (cell) 215-668-7581.