On August 29, 2005, I was in New York consulting with colleagues about research related to disasters and terrorism. When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, all indications were that the city had suffered damage but that it would recover relatively rapidly. Then the levees were breached and we watched in horror the flooding of our city. My wife, Joy, and I took the first available plane to Baton Rouge (the New Orleans airport was closed), where the state police had somehow arranged a room at a hotel for displaced people. We immediately went to work at the command center. The Louisiana Office of Mental Health asked me to be the clinical director of statewide crisis mental health efforts and Joy to oversee efforts for children and adolescents (1). As we all worked feverishly in dealing with evacuation, shelters, human destructionthe overwhelming problems of our city and stateMayor Ray Nagin asked that I and the Department of Psychiatry at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) provide the direct services for first responders and their families. Seventy percent to 80% of first responders had lost their homes, their families were displaced, and they were in temporary districts and lodgings.
In the Eye of Katrina: Surviving the Storm and Rebuilding an Academic Department of Psychiatry
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On August 29, 2005, I was in New York consulting with colleagues about research related to disasters and terrorism. When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, all indications were that the city had suffered damage but that it would recover relatively rapidly. Then the levees were breached and we watched in horror the flooding of our city. My wife, Joy, and I took the first available plane to Baton Rouge (the New Orleans airport was closed), where the state police had somehow arranged a room at a hotel for displaced people. We immediately went to work at the command center. The Louisiana Office of Mental Health asked me to be the clinical director of statewide crisis mental health efforts and Joy to oversee efforts for children and adolescents (1). As we all worked feverishly in dealing with evacuation, shelters, human destructionthe overwhelming problems of our city and stateMayor Ray Nagin asked that I and the Department of Psychiatry at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) provide the direct services for first responders and their families. Seventy percent to 80% of first responders had lost their homes, their families were displaced, and they were in temporary districts and lodgings.
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In the Eye of Katrina: Surviving the Storm and Rebuilding an Academic Department of Psychiatry
Osofsky, Howard J.
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, Volume 31 (3): 183
American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc (Journal) – Jun 1, 2007
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