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Making a mental recovery - Coast residents still face stress

Ten months after Katrina, her world is still spinning.

Time elapsed since the Aug. 29 storm that devastated the Mississippi Gulf Coast has done less to heal wounds than it has to force victims to accept the permanency of disaster - all as new hurricanes threaten to rise and strike again.

Coastal residents still are showing signs of post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, agitation, nightmares and weight loss.

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