Our Katrina Experience: Providing Mental Health Services in Concordia Parish, Louisiana

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-23

  Akin Little, Angeleque ^a   Little, Steven G ^a  

^a WALDEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricane Katrina; mental health; natural disaster; school psychology; volunteerism

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949124329     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.39.1.18     Document Type: Article

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