Maui fire survivors are confronting huge mental health hurdles, many while still living in shelters
1 year, 4 months ago

Maui fire survivors are confronting huge mental health hurdles, many while still living in shelters

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The wind was so horrible during that fire.” Mental health experts are working in Maui to help people who survived the deadliest fire in the U.S. in more than a century make sense of what they endured. I'm never gonna forget it.” Dana Lucio, a licensed mental health counselor with the Oahu-based group Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii, is among the experts working on Maui to help support survivors. “The trauma therapy that I do, I’ve learned within myself.” Global medical aid organization Direct Relief has been working with groups like Lucio’s to distribute medication to people who fled without their antidepressants and antipsychotic prescriptions, said its director of pharmacy and clinical affairs, Alycia Clark. Lucio, the mental health counselor, said she hopes people think about treatment as something that’s long term, as the initial shock wears off and the awful reality sets in.

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Massive mental health toll in Maui wildfires: 'They've lost everything'
1 year, 4 months ago

Massive mental health toll in Maui wildfires: 'They've lost everything'

NPR  

Massive mental health toll in Maui wildfires: 'They've lost everything' Enlarge this image toggle caption Deanne Fitzmaurice for NPR Deanne Fitzmaurice for NPR LAHAINA, Hawaii — The scale of the physical damage in the historic center of Lahaina is clear in its apocalyptic landscape of rubble, ash and debris. They've lost everything," says south Maui clinical social worker Debbie Scott. …

Maui fire survivors are confronting huge mental health hurdles, many while still living in shelters
1 year, 4 months ago

Maui fire survivors are confronting huge mental health hurdles, many while still living in shelters

Associated Press  

KIHEI, Hawaii — The evacuation center at the South Maui Community Park Gymnasium is now Anne Landon’s safe space. “The wind was so horrible during that fire.” Mental health experts are working in Maui to help people who survived the deadliest fire in the U.S. in more than a century make sense of what they endured. I’m never gonna forget …

Maui fires take a toll on survivors’ mental health
1 year, 4 months ago

Maui fires take a toll on survivors’ mental health

LA Times  

Homes and businesses lay in ruins after last week’s devastating wildfire swept through Lahaina. “What we should expect to see in coming weeks is risk for more serious mental health concerns,” Burgess said, such as depression, severe anxiety and substance abuse issues. “When I first moved to Hawaii, people told me if you hear a siren, it’s a tsunami and …

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