
@article{ref1,
title="Post-Katrina storm disorder and recovery in Mississippi more than 2 years later",
journal="Traumatology",
year="2008",
author="Scurfield, Raymond",
volume="14",
number="2",
pages="88-106",
abstract="This commentary describes a Katrina survivor and provider's dual perspective 2 years post--Hurricane Katrina. Highlights of the impact on individual, family, community, and regional levels and on social, economic, and mental health levels are identified. This includes discussion of &quot;post-Katrina storm disorder,&quot; the plight of the poor and near-poor and immigrants, a cognitive reframing intervention for disaster relief agency workers, helpful clinical strategies, impact on religious and spiritual beliefs, and a modified &quot;six stages of disaster recovery.&quot; Finally, positive developments are elaborated concerning changes in personal priorities, life in a FEMA trailer, metamorphosis of the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast campus, the role of volunteers, and resident self-help and personal life commitments.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1534-7656",
doi="10.1177/1534765608319086",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1534765608319086"
}