Over the past two decades schools have been identified as the de facto mental health
system for youth. Therefore, improving and expanding school mental health (SMH) has …

Large scale natural disasters pose serious risks to mental health and simultaneously wreak
havoc on the very systems called upon to ameliorate those risks. School-based mental …

Efforts to improve access to mental health care and the quality of available services are a
central issue in advancing mental health equity for children and adolescents. This current …

Hurricane Katrina, which ravaged the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005, was amongst the most
devastating natural disasters in our country's history. The traumatic experiences of youth and …

Abstract The consequences of Hurricane Katrina have far-reaching implications for the
mental health system in the Gulf Coast region, with some of the most vulnerable survivors …

This article tracks the trajectory and impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the
communities of Houston/Harris County, Texas, USA, the schools, children, and families; …

The long-term nature of mental health needs after disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina,
continues to require attention. Research that emerged during the anniversaries of the storm …

Objectives Schools have been identified as an ideal setting for increasing access to mental
health services particularly for underserved minority youth. The emerging field of …

BACKGROUND: Although schools are often the first institutions to provide recovery efforts
for children post-disaster, few studies have involved the school community in research to …

Literature reports that cognitive understanding and social support can mitigate stress in both
adults and adolescents. As a subcomponent of the Carolina Adolescent Health Project …