OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A recent study on the level of violence and its impact on citizens in areas of North Omaha reveals the need for mental health services for adults and children.

The study indicates more than 17% of adults and more than 24% of young people meet the clinical threshold for post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD.

More than 400 people were surveyed in the study. They answered questions about what was going on before police arrived on the scene in their northeast Omaha neighborhood.

MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES NEEDED FOR ADULTS, CHILDREN

“25% of respondents reported having been shot or shot at, 29% seeing someone else get shot, 12% witnessing someone being shot and killed by another person,” said Dr. William Reay, president of Omni Inventive Care.

Reay and Dr. Kris Tevis pres

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