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Press Release from 419 Outreach, Inc.

419 Outreach Program Covers PTSD Dr. Elinor Lottinville will be the guest speaker at the monthly meeting of 419 Outreach on March 16th at 6:30 p.m. in the Lawson Library of the Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT). The Institute is located at 621 N. Robinson Ave. Dr. Lottinville, a noted psychologist, will focus on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in her comments to survivors, family members and rescue workers of the Murrah Federal Building bombing of 1995.

President of 419 Outreach, Susan Walton, said that “as we approach the 15th anniversary of the bombing, many of us affected do not understand our feelings. Certainly those feelings could be post traumatic stress disorder or possibly a rather typical human reaction to any anniversary dealing with tragedy or sadness”.

A graduate of the University of Oklahoma with a Ph.D. in Psychology, Dr. Lottinville has valuable experience in assisting people dealing with various traumas and disasters. She worked with the Edmond Post Office massacre in 1986 and was in charge of the death notification teams for the American Red Cross following the Murrah Building bombing. Dr. Lottinville has also conducted debriefings for the Oklahoma City Police Department, the Oklahoma City Fire Department and for 11 years provided debriefing services around the state for the Department of Human Services.

419 Outreach is a 501 c(3) nonprofit corporation established in 2008. It was founded by family members, survivors, responders and those changed by the terrorist attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, OK on April 19, 1995. Their mission is “Outreach, education and mitigation of the effects of Terrorism in Oklahoma and around the world.” The organization hosts an annual Exchange with New York City and actively reaches out to others affected by terrorism. For more information about 419 Outreach visit their website www.419outreach.org or sign up to be a facebook member.