Mary Alice Mills|Donald Edmondson|Crystal L. Park
Trauma and Stress Response Among Hurricane Katrina Evacuees
University of Connecticut|University of Connecticut|University of Connecticut
hurricane katrinas impact public health significant multifaceted traumarelated psychological sequelae likely result sizable burden disease data collected assessed acute stress disorder asd prevalence factors related asd symptomatology among sheltered evacueeson days 12 19 katrina evacuees major emergency shelter completed surveys assessed demographics katrinaspecific experiences asd symptomatologysixtytwo percent sample met asd threshold criterion projections based predictive power asd posttraumatic stress disorder ptsd suggest 38 49 sample meet ptsd criteria 2 years postdisaster female gender odds ratio 408 positive psychiatric history or584 injury or275 increased lifethreat perception or137 decreased sense personal control or156 significantly related asd black race associated greater symptom severity b785 seb350katrinarelated trauma psychological sequelae remain significant public health issue years come identification several vulnerability factors related asd ptsd provides brief sketch greatest risk