Helping Katrina Victims Get Mental Health Treatment

By Deborah Gray, Health Guide Thursday, March 09, 2006

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In the wake of the first post-Katrina Mardi Gras, I started thinking about the emotional health of displaced New Orleanians. My husband’s company has been involved in the receivership of the New Orleans Housing Authority (HANO) for the last few years, and his partner Nadine is the current head ...

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MIzzy

4/ 5/06 5:01pm

Thanks for you caring and understanding about New Orleans. I'm an evacuee living in RI and am definately missing my friends and community. It takes a long time to replace all those common/everyday connections that seemed so natural before. *************************** Hi Mizzy, Speaking for those of us who grew up without that community (my family moved five times before I was seven) we are definitely envious of the community and support you had in New Orleans. I am so sorry you're separated from that now, as well as living somewhere that is so different from New Orleans and Louisiana. Here's hoping that by the time you go back to New Orleans, you have a big group of people in Rhode Island that you'll miss. Take care of yourself. Thank you for reading, Deborah

Loki

5/14/06 4:56pm

Finally someone has been able to put it into words concicely! Its not just the displaced. Those of us like myself (15th generation native) are similarly off balance. Most of our friend/family network is no longer here. It is that combined with the still uncleared wreckage of our home around us that has generated this miasma of depression that hangs over many of us. BTW, I will be linking a portion of this post on Humid City. It is both elegant and accurate. ****************************************** Loki, Thank you so much for the kind words and the link. The fact that you are in a sense as displaced as the evacuees despite still physically being in New Orleans really speaks to how much support you got from the community. I always tell my husband that home for me is wherever he and my son are. New Orleans wouldn't feel like home anymore to you even if it was physically pristine. People are the soul of a home. I hope that it becomes possible for the evacuees to return soon so that everyone is home again. Thank you for reading, Deborah

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