A psychosocial comparison of New Orleans and houston crack smokers in the wake of hurricane Katrina

Sandra Timpson; Eric Ratliff; Michael Ross; Mark Williams; John Atkinson; Anne Bowen; Sheryl McCurdy

doi:10.3109/10826080902962094

A psychosocial comparison of New Orleans and houston crack smokers in the wake of hurricane Katrina

Sandra Timpson, Eric Ratliff, Michael Ross, Mark Williams, John Atkinson, Anne Bowen, Sheryl McCurdy

Psychology

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The purpose of this study was to compare psychological distress in a sample of African American crack cocaine users who relocated to Houston from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina to African American drug users resident in Houston. Fifty-four African Americans from New Orleans were compared to a sample of 162 people in Houston. Data were collected between June 2002 and December 2005. There were no significant differences between the two groups on either depression or anxiety, but the New Orleans sample scored higher on the self-esteem scale and scored slightly lower on the risk-taking scale.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1695-1710
Number of pages	16
Journal	Substance Use and Misuse
Volume	44
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/10826080902962094
State	Published - Oct 28 2009

Keywords

Crack cocaine
Disaster
Evacuation
Hurricane Katrina
New Orleans
Trauma

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Medicine (miscellaneous)
Health(social science)
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Psychiatry and Mental health

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