When severe weather strikes and residents are advised to seek shelter either out of state or at a local evacuation shelter, some of those evacuees will undoubtedly include people battling mental health issues. For some, being confined to a crowded shelter is enough to be triggering. For others, the storm itself is stressful.
Right now, many areas across South Carolina are still dealing with property damage inflicted earlier this hurricane season. But when it comes to mental health issues caused by storms, the unseen damage may take much longer to clean up.
The S.C. Department of Mental Health recently received a $415,000 grant to address immediate mental health concerns in the state following the recent flooding and severe weather. The grant, provided from a partnership between the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, will support a 60-90 day crisis counseling program catered toward the assessment of trauma after disasters.
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