Volume 38 · Number 2
FEBRUARY 2008
Long-term Psychiatric Consequences of Hurricane Katrina
By Harold M. Ginzburg, MD, JD, MPH
I am not a victim of Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina’s victims are those who died as a direct or indirect result of the storm, flooding, and ensuing confusion. Because I am still alive, I am considered to be a Katrina survivor.
ABOUT THE GUEST EDITOR
Harold M. Ginzburg, MD, JD, MPH, resides and maintains a private practice in general and forensic psychiatry in Metairie, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans. His private practice primarily involves evaluating and treating patients who have developed psychiatric or neuropsychiatric problems as a result of physical injury, chronic illness, or traumatic incidents.
Dr. Ginzburg was a Navy Submarine and Diving Medical Officer before joining the U.S. Public Health Service as a Commissioned Officer. He retired, after more than 20 years of service, with the Navy-rank equivalent of Captain after serving with the National Institute of Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and the Office of Emergency Preparedness, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health, U.S. Public Health Service.
He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Psychiatry), and is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine, and was a fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America. He is currently a Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Tulane University Medical Center, a Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, and he is also an Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland. He is a member of the Maryland Bar.
Dr. Ginzburg has published more than 140 articles in medical and legal journals.
To Human Resilience
Jan Fawcett, MD
Psychiatric Disorders among Transported Hurricane Evacuees: Acute-phase Findings in a Large Receiving Shelter Site
Carol S. North, MD, MPE;
Richard V. King, PhD;
Raymond L. Fowler, MD, FACEP;
Peter Polatin, MD, MPH;
Rebecca P. Smith, MD;
H. Alan LaGrone, MD, PhD;
David Tyler, MD;
G. Luke Larkin, MD, MS, MSPH;
Paul E. Pepe, MD, MPH
First Responder Culture: Implications for Mental Health Professionals Providing Services Following a Natural Disaster
Mindy Kronenberg, PhD;
Howard J. Osofsky, MD, PhD;
Joy D. Osofsky, PhD;
Michele Many, LCSW;
Melissa Hardy, GSW;
James Arey, PhD, LPC
A Review of Mental Health Issues as a Result of Hurricane Katrina
Mordecai N. Potash, MD;
Daniel K. Winstead, MD
Katrina Survivors Relocated to Oklahoma: A Tale of Two Cities
Phebe Tucker, MD;
Betty Pfefferbaum, MD, JD;
Qaiser Khan, MPH;
M. Jan Young, MD;
Christopher E. Aston, PhD;
Janell Holmes, BS;
Kim A. Coon, EdD;
Jamie Thompson
Did the Prevalence of PTSD Following Hurricane Katrina Match a Rapid Needs Assessment Prediction? A Template for Future Public Planning After Large-Scale Disasters
Richard Dalton, MD;
Michael S. Scheeringa, MD, MPH;
Charles H. Zeanah, MD
New Orleans Medical Students post-Katrina — an Assessment of Psychopathology and Anticipatory Transference of Resilience
Harold M. Ginzburg, MD, JD, MPH;
David J. Bateman
Physician-Psychiatrists’ Role in Disaster Response Efforts
Nicholas G. Pejic, MD;
Harold M. Ginzburg, MD, JD, MPH
