In the Wake of Hurricane Katrina: Delivering Crisis Mental Health Services to Host Communities

Autor/in	Marbley, Aretha Faye
Titel	In the Wake of Hurricane Katrina: Delivering Crisis Mental Health Services to Host Communities
Quelle	In: Multicultural Education, 15 (2007) 2, S.17-23 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1068-3844
Schlagwörter	Crisis Intervention; Mental Health Workers; Mental Health Programs; Community Coordination; Emergency Programs; Natural Disasters; Multicultural Education; Community Health Services; Strategic Planning; Socioeconomic Influences; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Krisenintervention; Psychiater; Hilfsprogramm; Natural disaster; Naturkatastrophe; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Sozioökonomischer Faktor
Abstract	Throughout the country and especially in Texas, local communities opened their arms to hurricane Katrina evacuees. Like the federal government, emergency health and mental health entities were unprepared for the massive numbers of people needing assistance. Mental health professionals, though armed with a wealth of crisis intervention information, weren't equipped with skills for either anticipating or assessing the effects of the relocation of evacuees into local communities on the mental health of the humanitarian host communities. Yet, the response to the disaster was as unprecedented as the widespread devastation of the hurricane. Likewise, the generosity of people was unprecedented; individuals, the media, celebrities, businessmen, states, cities, towns, the international world, community organizations, faith-based institutions, public schools, colleges and universities all rallied around rescuing the refugees. Yet, despite good intentions and in spite of the massive efforts to get people to safety with food, water, and crisis intervention counseling, communities were stressed and strained. In Texas, government officials and local governments needed money to provide basic health and mental-health care for evacuees, but also accommodations for the new students placed in Texas' schools. As a consequence of the rapid depletion of the state's resources, responding to the disaster took its toll on Texas and Texas communities. For Katrina victims and the people and communities responding to the disaster, the psychological implications are yet unknown, but are guaranteed to be tremendous, now and in the months and years to come. Therefore, incorporating mental health services for individuals and communities that address race, class, and culture is a critical component of comprehensive crisis mental health services to the evacuees, their families, and the communities that housed them. This article introduces a crisis mental health service delivery model for addressing the devastating effects of disasters, like Katrina, on communities, specifically humanitarian host communities, a model that address inherent cultural issues. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10