Psychologists and Hurricane Katrina: Natural Disaster Response Through Training, Public Education, and Research

Training and Education in Professional Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 83-88

  Schulenberg, Stefan E ^a   Dellinger, Kirsten A ^a   Koestler, Angela J ^b   Kinnell, Ann Marie K ^c   Swanson, David A ^a   Van Boening, Mark V ^a   Forgette, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b Nordal Clinic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

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EID: 51349093339     PISSN: 19313918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1931-3918.2.2.83     Document Type: Article

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