At least 46,600 Gulf Coast children are experiencing mental health problems and other serious aftereffects of the 2005 hurricanes, according to a study by the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University and the Children's Health Fund, the New York Times reports. For the study, researchers examined school enrollment statistics, data from the federal census and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and data from a study that has been following about 1,250 families displaced by the storms. The study found that about 163,000 children were displaced by the hurricanes and that about 81,000 to 95,000 children have returned to Louisiana and Mississippi. Researchers estimate that 46,600 to 64,900 children are experiencing serious poststorm problems. The researchers' continuing study of Gulf Coast families found that nearly one-third of the children examined have developed depression, anxiety or behavior disorders since the hurricanes.
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