@article{ref1,
title="Piloting a New Model of Crisis Counseling: Specialized Crisis Counseling Services in Mississippi After Hurricane Katrina",
journal="Administration and policy in mental health",
year="2009",
author="Jones, K. and Allen, Mike and Norris, Fran H. and Miller, Catherine",
volume="36",
number="3",
pages="195-205",
abstract="During January-April 2007, Project Recovery, a federally funded crisis counseling program implemented by Mississippi's Department of Mental Health, piloted a new model of Specialized Crisis Counseling Services (SCCS) on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. In this team-based approach, a masters-level counselor trained in a variety of intervention techniques and a resource coordinator worked together with persons whose needs were relatively intense. Compared to regular program (RCCS) participants over the same interval (n = 29,522), SCCS participants (n = 281) were more likely to be female, middle-aged, and at greater risk for severe distress. In a participant survey conducted in both programs over the same week, SCCS participants reported significantly greater benefit than did RCCS participants. A subset of 129 SCCS participants provided pre- and post-participation assessments and showed large improvements in disaster-related distress.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0894-587X",
doi="10.1007/s10488-009-0214-2",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10488-009-0214-2"
}