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Mental Health an Overlooked Casualty of Disaster
2013-08-15 15:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: In Lower Manhattan, two hotlines, the Disaster Distress Helpline (DDH) and Project Hope, which is part of the New York City-wide helpline Lifenet, and specifically for those affected by Sandy, are at the frontline of disaster counselling, listening to myriad concerns ranging from queries about post-storm open hours of drug rehabilitation programmes to anxious parents reluctantly sending their children back to school in the days after the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting last December.Part of...
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