Jose Luis Pelaez Inc / Getty Images(NEW YORK) Videos and images of the Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore have become ubiquitous in the past few days and may cause strong emotions in some - but mental health professionals say there are some things you can do to help protect your mental health and cope with this tragedy in a healthy way."People can be vicariously traumatized from watching videos of disasters over and over again, especially kids and adolescents," states Dr. George Everly, an associate professor of psychiatry and adjunct professor of public health at Johns Hopkins University.For some people, witnessing an event that is particularly rare or out of the ordinary can be especially traumatizing, and can lead to conflicting messaging from different parts of the brain- such as the limbic system, which deals with memory and emotions like fear and anxiety, versus the pre-frontal cortex, an area that processes facts and logic."Over time, the human brain gets use to e
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