Meeting Mental Health Needs Following a Natural Disaster: Lessons From Hurricane Katrina

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 86-92

  Madrid, Paula A ^a,b   Grant, Roy ^b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute

^b The Children's Health Fund ^*

Author keywords

disaster mental health; Hurricane Katrina; Katrina lessons learned; mental health; trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 41249087216     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.39.1.86     Document Type: Article

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