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Article: Mental Health and Addiction Providers in New Orleans, Baton Rouge Face Soaring Caseloads, Burnout Two Years After Hurricane Katrina
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- August 22, 2007
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To: HEALTH/MEDICAL EDITORS
Contact: Amy Levey of National Council for Community Behavioral
Healthcare, +1-202-745-5116; or Meena Dayak, +1-301-984-6200 x228,
for National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
ROCKVILLE, Md., Aug. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Troubling new
research shows that four out of five mental health and addiction
providers in New Orleans and Baton Rouge are seeing a marked increase
in major depression, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress
disorder, and addiction disorders two years after the region was
devastated by Hurricane Katrina. About half of providers say they are
personally experiencing "burnout" as they struggle to deal with the
increased workload ...