IiNtlekele zeNdalo kunye nePTSD
Kusondele ekupheleni kukaAgasti 2005, isiqhwithi uKatrina sabetha eGulf Coast, kwaye esi siganeko siye sabangela abaninzi ukuba bahlole ukuba kukho ubudlelwane phakathi kwe-PTSD kunye neNkantwa Katrina. Kuzo zonke iUnited States, abantu babebukele njengoko abantu baseGulf Coast bezama ukujamelana nale ntlekele yendalo. Isiqhwithi uKatrina sabangela umonakalo omkhulu ngokomzimba.
Iintlalo zonke zatshatyalaliswa. Nangona kunjalo, sisanda kuqalisa ukuqonda ngokwenene impembelelo yengqondo yalolu qhwithi.
Impembelelo yeSiphepho uKatrina kwiMpilo yengqondo
Abaphandi kwiYunivesithi yaseNew Orleans, iYunivesithi yeSouth Mississippi, iYunivesithi yaseStanford kunye neYunivesithi yeNyuvesi yaseArizona bahlolisise abantu abangama-386 abahlala kwiindawo ezichaphazelekayo yiNkantwa Katrina. Babuza imibuzo emininzi malunga nendlela iqhushulwa yabathintela ngayo. Oko bakufumanisayo kuyamangalisa.
Abantu abaninzi bafumana iziganeko ezixinzelelekileyo kunye neengxaki ngexesha kunye nangenxa yesiphepho. Enyanisweni, abantu bathi banamava, malunga nemigangatho emibili yeentlekele ngexesha leqhwithi. Abaninzi bathi nabo bafumana amava alandelayo:
- Ukuhlukaniswa nabantwana babo, abahlobo, abamelwane kunye nezihlobo
- Ukuba ikhaya labo lonakaliswe okanye litshabalalise
- Ukubona abanye abaphumelekileyo, abagulayo okanye abafayo
- Ukulimaza okanye ugula
- Ukubona ubugebengu okanye ugonyamelo
Ukongeza, abantu abangaphezu kwe-50% abaphandwayo baphinda baxela ukuba baneempawu ezilandelayo ze-PTSD kunye noxinzelelo oluqhelekileyo:
- Ukuphazamisa izikhumbuzo kunye neengcamango malunga neqhwithi
- Uziva udidekile emva kokukhunjuzwa ngeqhwithi
- Ukuzama ukuphepha iingcamango, iimvakalelo kunye neengxoxo malunga nomcimbi
- Ukwenyuka nokucaphuka
- Ukukhathazeka ukuba umcimbi ungenzeka kwakhona
- Ukuziva umda kunye nexesha
Ekugqibeleni, bafumanisa ukuba abahlali baseMississippi abachaphazelekayo yiqhwithi babe nenani elikhulu leempawu ze-PTSD xa kuthelekiswa nabantu baseNew Orleans; Nangona kunjalo, abantu baseMississippi nabo bafunyanwe ukuba banenkxaso yoluntu kunabantu baseNew Orleans.
Ukufumana Uncedo
Kucacile ukuba iSiphepho uKatrina sasinempembelelo enkulu yentlalo kunye nengqondo kubantu baseGulf Coast kwingingqi yaseUnited States. Ukuba uchatshazelwe yiNkantwa Katrina okanye nayiphina inhlekelele yendalo, kukho uncedo olukhoyo. Iziko leSizwe le-PTSD linika inani lamaphepha eenkcukacha kwimiphumo yendalo kunye nendlela yokujamelana nayo. Banikezela unxibelelwano lwabantu abanomdla wokuthumela uncedo okanye abo bafuna uncedo, njengokufumana abathandekayo okanye ukufumana inkxaso.
Umthombo:
I-HEEM, i-CF, i-Watts, i-SE, i-Marsee, i-MA, i-Taylor, i-LK, i-Costa, i-NM, i-Cannon, i-MF, i-Carrion, i-VG, ne-Pina, i-AA (2007). Impembelelo yengqondo yengqungquthela yaseKatrina: Ulwahlulo oluchanekileyo kwiimpawu zengqondo, inkxaso yoluntu kunye nokucalulwa. Uphando loPhando kunye noPhando, 45 , 2295-2306.