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DOI: 10.1177/1534765606295924 Post-Katrina Aftermath and Helpful Interventions on the Mississippi Gulf CoastSchool of Social Work, University of Southern Mississippi-Gulf Coast, 730 East Beach Blvd., Long Beach, MS; raymond.scurfield{at}usm.edu This article is a personal reflective account that describes the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the major university on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and surrounding communities. There is discussion of how a resident social work instructor constructed a multifaceted postdisaster response, coordinating, networking, and providing housing assistance and educational and clinical activities. Specific and practical educational, psycho-educational, and clinical interventions that proved most helpful are described. There also is discussion comparing postwar adjustment with post-Katrina adjustment, the nexus between post-Katrina responses, the Iraq War, and national policy, and posttraumatic growth at both individual and community levels.
Key Words: Hurricane Katrina • Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi • stages of disaster recovery • FEMA • postdisaster psycho-education • postdisaster counseling • posttraumatic stress • posttraumatic growth • Iraq War • Vietnam War
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