Post-Katrina workforce gaps and rural parishes
Louisiana's psychiatric supply never fully recovered after Hurricane Katrina's displacement of providers. Ochsner, LCMC, and LSU Health run long wait lists in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Rural parishes across Acadiana have few outpatient psychiatrists.
Louisiana-licensed telepsychiatry on Central Time, with same-week intake from New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, and Cajun Country. Prescriptions go to CVS, Walgreens, or Rouse's statewide.

















