I coauthored a research article on the psychological effects of this spill on residents of the Gulf Coast which has since been published in a peer-reviewed journal. We found that 92% of people in the "at-risk" group (including fishermen and seafood, restaurant, oil rig, and marine workers) scored highly enough on a short PTSD rating interview that further evaluation was recommended. I personally experienced the social ramifications of this when I attended town hall meetings and heard fishermen speak out publicly to the politicians in attendance. I also know that some of the fisherman took up jobs doing clean-up since they could no longer fish/shrimp. Did you ever work alongside any of these folks? Did they tell any stories worth sharing? Did any of them seem like they could benefit from psychological evaluation?
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I coauthored a research article on the psychological effects of this spill on residents of the Gulf Coast which has since been published in a peer-reviewed journal. We found that 92% of people in the "at-risk" group (including fishermen and seafood, restaurant, oil rig, and marine workers) scored highly enough on a short PTSD rating interview that further evaluation was recommended. I personally experienced the social ramifications of this when I attended town hall meetings and heard fishermen speak out publicly to the politicians in attendance. I also know that some of the fisherman took up jobs doing clean-up since they could no longer fish/shrimp. Did you ever work alongside any of these folks? Did they tell any stories worth sharing? Did any of them seem like they could benefit from psychological evaluation?
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