The Early Psychological Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Florida and Alabama Communities

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Authors

Lynn M. Grattan · University of Maryland, Baltimore

Sparkle M. Roberts · University of Maryland, Baltimore

William T. Mahan · University of Florida

Patrick K. McLaughlin · University of Maryland, Baltimore

W. Steven Otwell · University of Florida

J. Glenn Morris · University of Florida

Abstract

Current estimates of human health impacts associated with the oil spill may underestimate the psychological impact in Gulf Coast communities that did not experience direct exposure to oil. Income loss after the spill may have a greater psychological health impact than the presence of oil on the immediately adjacent shoreline.

Topics & Keywords

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Disaster Management and Resilience Resilience and Mental Health

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Environmental Health Perspectives

Volume 119, Issue 6, pp. 838-843

DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002915

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