title: Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf oil spill: lessons learned.
abstract: Education and training about immediate responses are important for all mental health providers of immediate and continuing services to assist children, adolescents, adults, and families in the aftermath of disasters. To sensitively help with evacuations and return to normalcy, responders must also be trained to understand the culture and traditions of affected communities. It is important to provide knowledge about available resources and to emphasize the need for routines and self-care for both victims and responders in an environment that, with recovery, will reflect a new normal.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA. hosofs@lsuhsc.edu
authors: Howard J
authors: HJ
authors: Osofsky
authors: Joy D
authors: JD
authors: Osofsky
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D055867:Cyclonic Storms; D004189:Disaster Planning; D004190:Disasters; D060731:Emergency Responders / Q000193:education; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D059392:Petroleum Pollution; D011203:Poverty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012574:Schools; D020377:Self Efficacy; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Childhood trauma; Disaster respone; Hurricane relief; Posttraumatic stress