Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery

Title: Post-Catastrophe Crisis: Addressing the Dramatic Need and Scant Availability of Mental Health Care in the Gulf Coast

Date: 10/31/07

Time (EST): 2:30 PM

Place: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Rm. 342

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Witnesses Testimony

Panel 1

Kathryn Power [View PDF] , M.Ed. , Director, Center for Mental Health Services , Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Panel 2

Dr. Anthony Speier [View PDF] , Director, Disaster Mental Health Operations , Louisiana Office of Mental Health

Dr. Jan Kasofsky [View PDF] , Ph.D. , Executive Director , Capital Area Human Services District

Kevin U. Stephens [View PDF] , M.D., J.D. , Director , New Orleans Health Department

Panel 3

Dr. Ronald Kessler [View PDF] , Professor of Health Care Policy , Harvard Medical School

Dr. Howard Osofsky [View PDF] , M.D., Ph.D. , Chairman, Department of Psychiatry , LSU Health Sciences Center

Dr. Mark Townsend [View PDF] , M.D. , Director of Psychiatry , Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
340 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510