National anxiety over mass shootings on display at LAX

An article in The New York Times about incorrect reports of an active shooter at Los Angeles International Airport, which caused several terminals to be evacuated even though there was never any threat, interviews Daniel Antonius, assistant professor of psychiatry and director of forensic psychiatry in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, who described “a national anxiety” about mass attacks that did not reflect the real level of danger. “This overexposure can cause increased fear, anxiety and helplessness, particularly in already psychologically vulnerable populations,” he said.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/us/shooting-scares-show-a-nation-quick-to-fear-the-worst.html?_r=0&mtrref=undefined