PTSD and Katrina

This article from Associated Press has experts calling for more research into Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.

While the article specifically addresses veterans returning from Iraq, it also states:

"While PTSD was first recognized in Vietnam veterans, war is far from its only trigger. Crime, accidents and other trauma can cause it in civilians, too. Sufferers experience nightmares, flashbacks and physical symptoms that make them feel as if they are reliving the trauma, even many years later."

As I discussed in my book HEALING KATRINA, it is important to remember that victims from Hurricane Katrina (as well as disaster response workers) still suffer from PTSD.