Mental health & psychosocial distress sequelae of Katrina: An empirical study of survivors

Human Ecology Review

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-210

  Adeola, Francis O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation of resources model; Flood; Hurricane katrina; Internally displaced population; Mental health; Natural technological disasters; New Orleans; Psychosocial distress; PTSD; Social support deterioration hypothesis; Survivors; The Gulf Coast

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349123448     PISSN: 10744827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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