No "Post" in Post-Traumatic Stress for New Orleans Residents, Doc Says

Denver Nobles, a Louisiana resident and peer advocate for consumers of behavioral health services, linked us to a TIME.com story about the descent of many New Orleans residents into mental illness. It describes a situation wherein a lot of people in the city who experienced anxiety in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina have fallen into deep depression. According to the story, the suicide rate has risen at least threefold in a city with about 225,000 residents—about half the pre-storm population—where the number of practicing psychiatrists has dwindled from 196 to 22, and the number of hospital beds set available for psychiatric patients is down to 20 from 300. Meanwhile, the next hurricane season looms.

Here’s the link: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1221982,00.html?promoid=rss_top

Posted by Daniele Sadres