Media Coverage of Hurricanes' Mental Health Impact

The following articles have appeared in Today's Clips, the Hogg Foundation's free mental health news clips service, since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita made landfall. The articles focus on the mental health impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and related topics.The articles are grouped by month and year. Full texts of the articles may be found by visiting the online newspapers. Registration may be required. Unfortunately, links to the articles are not provided because most change over time.

February 2007
Psych researcher will study Katrina survivors / The Dartmouth (NH), Feb. 22
Survey to study mental health: Questions to focus on post-Katrina stress /
    Biloxi (MS) Sun Herald, Feb. 20
AP: Health responders need training / Associated Press, Feb. 20
Hurricane Katrina Affects Efforts To Enroll Louisiana Children in Health Insurance Programs /    Kaisernetwork.org, Feb. 13
Severe Storm Adds to Troubles in New Orleans / Associated Press, Feb. 14
Unmatched Destruction / New York Times, Feb. 13
Katrina's effect on mental health must be noticed / Hattiesburg (MS) American, Feb. 6
In New Orleans, Dysfunction Fuels Cycle of Killing / New York Times, Feb. 5
Little Progress Seen for Poorest After Hurricane / New York Times, Feb. 2

January 2007
Hundreds Wait for Free Care in La. / Associated Press, Jan. 28
Unified New Orleans Plan Receives Support From Residents / Philanthropy News Digest, Jan. 25
Resilience in Katrina's Children / Medscape, January
Big Insurer Will Pay 640 Katrina Claims / New York Times, Jan. 24
Chevron Commits $18 Million to Gulf Coast School Districts / Philanthropy News Digest, Jan. 23
Nowhere to Turn for Shelter / New York Times, Jan. 19
Gulf States Receive Health Care Grants / Associated Press, Jan. 19
New Orleans feels pain of mental health crisis / USA TODAY, Jan. 16

September - December 2006

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March - April 2006

September 2005 - February 2006

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