Katrina victims battle mental illness

Now the victims of Katrina are vulnerable to become victimized one more time - by the mental health system and big pharma looking to cash in on sales of anti-depressants.

Yahoo - Reuters reports that mental illness has been diagnosed in Katrina's victims.


The report states:

200,000 people from Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi face serious
mental illness because of Katrina, with about a third suffering from
post-traumatic stress syndrome and the remainder depression

[...]

About 25 percent reported having nightmares about their experiences -- a
figure that rises to nearly 50 percent for people who lived in New
Orleans.

For those who subscribe to the theory of social constructionism, this is probably a good opportunity to apply the Katrina tragedy to human interactions and responsibility with each other seeing that this was a rather large example of the relationship between public and government, between cause and effect, between living and dying.