PTSD in Vietnamese Americans following Hurricane Katrina: Prevalence, patterns, and predictors

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-101

  Norris, Fran H ^a   VanLandingham, Mark J ^b   Vu, Lung ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISASTER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLOODING; HUMAN; HURRICANE; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RISK; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CYCLONIC STORMS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ORLEANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIETNAM;

EID: 69249156070     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20389     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Aiken, L., & West, S. (1991). Multiple regression: Testing and interpreting interactions. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
2. American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
3. Anderson, J., Moeschberger, M., Chen, M., Kunn, P., Wewers, M., & Guthrie, R. (1993). An acculturation scale for Southeast Asians. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 28, 134-141.
4. Beiser, M., Turner, R. J., & Ganesan, S. (1989). Catastrophic stress and factors affecting its consequences among Southeast Asian refugees. Social Science and Medicine, 28, 183-195.
5. Breslau, N., Lucia, V., & Davis, G. (2004). Partial PTSD versus full PTSD: An empirical examination of associated impairment. Psychological Medicine, 34, 1205-1214.
6. Chen, A., Keith, V., Leong, K., Airriess, C., Li, W., Chung, K., et al. (2007). Hurricane Katrina: Prior trauma, poverty, and health among Vietnamese-American survivors. International Nursing Review, 54, 324-331.
7. Chen, M. (2006, February 2). Do-it-yourself disaster relief snubs New Orleans planners. Retrieved November 2, 2008, from http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/2753
8. Gagnon, D., Doron-LaMarca, S., Bell, M., O'Farrell, T., & Taft, C. (2008). Poisson regression for modeling count and frequency outcomes in trauma research. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 21, 448-454.
9. Galea, S., Brewin, C. R., Gruber, M., Jones, R. T., King, D. W., King, L. A., et al. (2007). Exposure to hurricane-related stressors and mental illness after hurricane Katrina. Archives of General Psychiatry, 64, 1-8.
10. Galea, S., Nandi, A., & Vlahov, D. (2005). The epidemiology of post-traumatic stress disorder after disaster. Epidemiologic Reviews, 27, 1-14.
11. Grubaugh, A., Magruder, K., Waldrop, A., Elhai, J., Knapp, R., & Frueh, B. (2005). Subthreshold PTSD in primary care: Prevalence, psychiatric disorders, healthcare use, and functional status. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 193, 658-664.
12. Kaplan, A., & Kim Huymh, U. (2007). Working with Vietnamese Americans in disasters. In A. Marsella, J. Johnson, P. Watson, & J. Gryczynski (Eds.), Ethnocultural perspectives on disaster and trauma: Foundations, issues, and applications (pp. 321-349). New York: Springer.
13. Kinzie, J., Boehnlein, J., Leung, P., Moore, L., Riley, C., & Smith, D. (1990). The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder and its clinical significance among Southeast Asian refugees. American Journal of Psychiatry, 147, 913-917.
14. Leong, K., Airriess, C., Li, W., Chia-Chen Chen, A., & Keith, V. (2007). Resilient history and the rebuilding of a community: The Vietnamese American community in New Orleans East. The Journal of American History, 94. Retrieved November 2, 2008, from http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jah/94.3/leong.html
15. Marsella, A., Friedman, M., & Spain, E. (1996). Ethnocultural aspects of PTSD: An overview of issues and research directions. In A. Marsella, M. Friedman, E. Gerrity, & R. Surfield (Eds.), Ethnocultural aspects of posttraumatic stress disorder: Issues, research, and clinical applications (pp. 529-538). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.
16. Mollica, R., McInnes, K., Pham, T., Smith Fawzi, M., Murphy, E., & Lin, L. (1998). The dose-effect relationships between torture and psychiatric symptoms in Vietnamese ex-political detainees and a comparison group. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 186, 543-553.
17. Mylle, J., & Maes, M. (2004). Partial posttraumatic stress disorder revisited. Journal of Affective Disorders, 78, 37-48.
18. Neria, Y., Gross, R., Olfson, M., Gameroff, M. J., Wickramaratne, P., Das, A., et al. (2006). Posttraumatic stress disorder in primary care one year after the 9/11 attacks. General Hospital Psychiatry, 28, 213-222.
19. Norris, F., & Alegria, M. (2005). Mental health care for ethnic minority individuals and communities in the aftermath of disasters and mass violence. CNS Spectrum, 10, 132-140.
20. Norris, F., Friedman, M., Watson, P., Byrne, C., Diaz, E., & Kaniasty, K. (2002). 60,000 disaster victims speak, Part I: An empirical review of the empirical literature, 1981-2001. Psychiatry, 65, 207-239.
21. Norris, F., & Murrell, S. (1988). Prior experience as a moderator of disaster impact on anxiety symptoms in older adults. American Journal of Community Psychology, 10, 157-167.
22. Norris, F., Perilla, J., Riad, J., Kaniasty, K., & Lavizzo, E. (1999). Stability and change in resources, stress, and psychological distress following natural disaster: Findings from Hurricane Andrew. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping: An International Journal, 12, 363-396.
23. Perilla, J., Norris, F., & Lavizzo, E. (2002). Ethnicity, culture, and disaster response: Identifying and explaining ethnic differences in PTSD six months after Hurricane Andrew. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 21, 20-45.
24. Phan, T., & Silove, D. (1997). The influence of culture on psychiatric assessment: The Vietnamese refugee. Psychiatric Services, 48, 86-90.
25. Sastry, N., & VanLandingham, M. (2008). Prevalence of and disparities in mental illness among pre-Katrina residents of New Orleans one year after Hurricane Katrina (University of Michigan Working Paper 08-643). Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan.
26. Schnurr, P., Lunney, C., Sengupta, A., & Spiro, A. (2005). A longitudinal study of retirement in older male veterans. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73, 561-566.
27. Shaftel, D. (2006, February 21). The Ninth Re-Ward: The Vietnamese community in New Orleans East rebuilds after Katrina. Retrieved November 2, 2008, from http://www.villagevoice.com/2006-02-21/news/ the-ninth-re-ward
28. Smith Fawzi, M., Murphy, E., Pham, T., Lin, L., Poole, C., & Mollica, R. (1997). The validity of screening for post-traumatic stress disorder and major depression among Vietnamese former political prisoners. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 95, 87-93.
29. Smith Fawzi, M., Pham, T., Lin, L., Viet Nguyen, T., Ngo, D., Murphy, E., et al. (1997). The validity of posttraumatic stress disorder among Vietnamese refugees. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 10, 101-108.
30. Steel, Z., Silove, D., Phan, T., & Bauman, A. (2002). Long-term effect of psychological trauma on the mental health of Vietnamese refugees resettled in Australia: A population-based study. Lancet, 360, 1056-1062.
31. Vu, L., VanLandingham, M., & Do, M. (2008). Evacuation and return of Vietnamese New Orleanians affected by Hurricane Katrina (International Health and Development Working Paper No. 2008-04). Retrieved November 1, 2008, from http://www.sph.tulane.edu/IHD/publications/index.htm
32. Ware, J., & Kosinski, M. (2001). SF-36® Physical & Mental Health Summary Scales: A Manual for Users of Version 1 (2nd ed.). Lincoln, RI: Quality Metric Inc.
33. Webster, R., McDonald, R., Lewin, T., & Carr, V. (1995). Effects of a natural disaster on immigrants and host population. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 183, 390-397.
34. World Health Organization. (1997). Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) (Vers. 2.1). Geneva: Author.
35. Zhou, M., & Bankston, C. (1998). Growing up American: How Vietnamese children adapt to life in the United States. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.