title: Finding holism in disaster: a story of Katrina's aftermath.
abstract: How do we find holism in the aftermath of disasters? This is the author's personal account of being deployed as a psychiatric clinical nurse specialist by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and meeting two survivors in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. This article tells how she learned from survivors' stories and music about healing and holism in the aftermath of disaster.
authors.affiliation: Private Holistic Psychotheraphy Practice, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Rothlyn
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zahourek
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D004190:Disasters; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D033262:Narration; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000517:prevention & control; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*