“The flooding in New Orleans represents what might be a new chapter in our history, ... The enormity of what we've seen is unprecedented, even fascinating to a degree. We may wind up seeing a lot of disassociation as we work through it.”
“This is a whole different ballgame, with so many people being displaced, ... We have to push the envelope of the rules that were appropriate in the past. If we wait, people will be stuck in these cavernous shelters.”
“Neff wanted to shift the paradigm. He said no matter who you are under this kind of circumstance that being war it will leave a mark, and that mark is predictable and understandable, and we need to do something about it.”
“His influence and his work and his testimonial about the real world, especially war veterans, was instrumental in making sure (post-traumatic stress disorder) became an actual diagnosis in 1980.”
