Rita triggered flashbacks for some Katrina victims

By Arthur Page

Release Date: September 28, 2005 This content is archived.

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An article in USA Today about how hurricanes Katrina and Rita have left thousands of displaced American at risk for mental disorders quotes Nancy Smyth, dean of the School of Social Work, who recently volunteered at a Texas shelter for hurricane victims, and says that Rita triggered flashbacks to Katrina in some and that disasters like the hurricanes can cause flashbacks to "older terrors" in some individuals. Go to article.