Citation

Scurfield RM. Traumatology 2006; 12(2): 104-120.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Green Cross Academy of Traumatology, Publisher APA Journals)

DOI

10.1177/1534765606295924

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This article is a personal reflective account that describes the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the major university on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and surrounding communities. There is discussion of how a resident social work instructor constructed a multifaceted postdisaster response, coordinating, networking, and providing housing assistance and educational and clinical activities. Specific and practical educational, psycho-educational, and clinical interventions that proved most helpful are described. There also is discussion comparing postwar adjustment with post-Katrina adjustment, the nexus between post-Katrina responses, the Iraq War, and national policy, and posttraumatic growth at both individual and community levels.

Language: en