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The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program educates and equips local teams to support their communities in and after disasters, providing services such as light search and rescue and disaster medical operations. This 6-hour course is designed to prepare individuals for a classroom-based CERT Basic Training course in their area, a requirement before individuals can serve as CERT volunteers.
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This web page gives an overview of schizophrenia, as well as the risk factors for developing it. It also identifies signs and symptoms of schizophrenia and gives information about different treatments and therapies, as well as how to join a study on schizophrenia. Lastly it describes how an individual can help a person suffering from schizophrenia.
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This literature review explores the effect of quarantine and isolation during disease outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics on the risk of suicide. It includes studies on the impacts of outbreaks and epidemics including the Spanish influenza outbreaks, H1N1 influenza, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Ebola virus disease, and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS).
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This tip sheet explains social distancing, quarantine, and isolation, as well as common reactions to these situations, and presents tips for coping.
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The MHBG provides funds to grantees states and U.S. territories to provide comprehensive, community-based mental health services to adults with serious mental illnesses and to children with Serious Emotional Disturbance and to monitor progress in implementing systems through which these services are provided.
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These fact sheets from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network discuss challenging financial circumstances and economic hardships that can negatively affect youth, families, and communities. The series offers practical ways to address the challenges during economic hardships by improving a sense of safety, calming, self- and community efficacy, connectedness, and hope.
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These fact sheets from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network discuss challenging financial circumstances and economic hardships that can negatively affect youth, families, and communities. The series offers practical ways to address the challenges during economic hardships by improving a sense of safety, calming, self- and community efficacy, connectedness, and hope.
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These fact sheets from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network discuss challenging financial circumstances and economic hardships that can negatively affect youth, families, and communities. The series offers practical ways to address the challenges during economic hardships by improving a sense of safety, calming, self- and community efficacy, connectedness, and hope.
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This webpage provides information for people who are traveling out of the United States to support individuals and communities, including those that have been affected by disasters. It suggests steps for humanitarian aid workers to take before, during, and after travel to protect their physical and behavioral health.
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Psychological First Aid (PFA) Online is an interactive course in which the participant learns about PFA by taking on the role of a provider after a disaster. The course includes expert tips, videos, and activities in support of learning. The course is available free of charge; however, to complete the course, you must create an NCTSN Learning Center account.
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This SAMHSA DTAC tip sheet defines social distancing, quarantine, and isolation. It also identifies common reactions to these measures and provides tips for managing stress and staying healthy.
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This web page provides recommendations and resources for supporting children during the COVID-19 pandemic, recognizing the effects this event can have on the emotional and mental well-being of youth. It explains possible reactions, highlights the importance of a responsive caregiver, and provides tips for self-care for adults and youth.
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Created by the U.S. Fire Administration, this manual provides emergency responders with guidance on pandemic influenza best practices, models, and protocols. The guide details suggestions to protect first responders and their families, operation adjustment for emergency preparedness and response maintenance, emergency service telecommunication references, and additional useful tools, including a staff planning tool and gap analysis activity.
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This collection features resources that public officials, public health professionals, and others can use to provide information for people with disabilities and their loved ones about how to stay safe from home fires. The collection includes statistics and messages, flyers, and social media messages and images.
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This web page explains how individuals can manage stress in the aftermath of a tornado and when they should seek professional help. It includes strategies for coping with reactions and building individual and family resilience after experiencing a tornado.
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Designed for healthcare workers, this 1-hour webinar recording covers ways to manage stress (and support colleagues in stress management) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinar focuses on the Stress First Aid framework for self-care, stress management, and peer support.
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This tip sheet lists reactions to stress that are common among children and that caregivers, parents, and teachers may see during and after an infectious disease outbreak. It also suggests ways that adults can help children manage stress.
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At this part of its website, the NCTSN explains how pandemic flu is different from seasonal flu and lists tips for parents and other caregivers to prepare their families for pandemic flu, manage family stress in the event of a flu pandemic, and monitor themselves and their children for signs of the need for professional mental health support.
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This blog about public health preparedness features articles, event and training information, and stories about preparedness advances in the field. Posts address topics such as infectious disease, pandemic influenza, and healthcare preparedness.
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ASTHO provides links to webinars, podcasts, blog posts, reports, and other resources about various topics in public health preparedness at the state and territorial level. Materials focus on partnerships, accessibility of health care, and news affecting state and territorial public health preparedness.
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This tip sheet provides information to help public health emergency workers manage stress. It discusses ways to cope with the challenges of public health emergency work and suggests self-care activities.
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This toolkit is designed for organizations that would like to implement mental health programs in rural areas. It contains seven modules that focus on developing, implementing, evaluating, and sustaining rural mental health programs.
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This fact sheet provides information on disasters, including the phases in which individuals and communities experience disasters, and the effects of disasters on families. It features a list of resources to help families cope with disasters and their aftermath.
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This course assists rural communities with planning for and executing disaster recovery efforts. The course covers case studies of communities and their challenges and successes. The web page includes links to upcoming dates and locations where the course will be held, and to request delivery of the course in your community.
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This section of the Farmers.gov website provides information about the different types of disaster assistance and recovery programs available for farmers. Information is presented on disaster assistance programs related to preparing for and recovering from damage and loss of crops, livestock, and property.
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