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Article

8 Jul 2010

Author:
Julie Rose, National Public Radio (NPR)

Weathering emotional storms over Gulf oil spill

Oily beaches and lost livelihoods are the visible effects of the massive well leaking into the Gulf Coast. But consequences that are harder to spot are starting to get more attention now, like the need for mental health care…State officials across the Gulf have started pushing BP to donate money for mental health outreach…University of South Alabama sociologist Steven Picou documented significantly higher rates of anxiety and depression in Alaska fishing towns after the Exxon Valdez oil spill. He expects the same in the Gulf, because of what he calls a "corrosive social cycle."...BP is offering crisis counseling to locals working on the cleanup effort.

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