Citation

Timpson S, Ratliff E, Ross M, Williams M, Atkinson J, Bowen A, McCurdy S. Subst. Use Misuse 2009; 44(12): 1695-1710.

Affiliation

Center for Health Promotion and Prevention, School of Public Health, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. stimpson@sph.uth.tmc.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

19895301

PMCID

PMC2860264

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare psychological distress in a sample of African American crack cocaine users who relocated to Houston from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina to African American drug users resident in Houston. Fifty-four African Americans from New Orleans were compared to a sample of 162 people in Houston. Data were collected between June 2002 and December 2005. There were no significant differences between the two groups on either depression or anxiety, but the New Orleans sample scored higher on the self-esteem scale and scored slightly lower on the risk-taking scale.

Language: en