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...experts say that practical preparations can also be therapeutic.
"The more practical you are, the better off you're going to be emotionally," said Dr. Lloyd Sederer, medical director of the New York State Office of Mental Health andHuffPost's mental health editor. "The practical things are going to have the effect of giving people the power to control -- within the range of things you can control. That's a key to resilience."
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