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This training describes the stressors that response work may involve and possible consequences of stress. It equips responders with an arsenal of techniques for addressing and managing stress and coping with challenges. The training provides an in-depth look at the stress response within an individual, defines and describes compassion fatigue, and introduces Psychological First Aid and other methods and approaches to coping with stress.
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This fact sheet describes the effect of depression on members of the military and their families. It also covers how the primary care setting can be used to help with early identification and intervention.
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This children’s book tells the story of a boy named Jeremy who is experiencing childhood traumatic grief (CTG) after his father’s death. The story highlights signs and symptoms of CTG that Jeremy experiences and traces his acceptance of his loss and beginning of recovery.
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This article reviews advances that have been made in research and experience after 9/11 that have led to the development of evidence-based and evidence-informed guidelines and strategies to support the design and implementation of public mental health programs after terrorism and disaster. [Authors: Watson, P.J., Brymer, M. J., and Bonanno, G. A.]
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This 50-page document discusses risk communication in the five phases of a public health emergency: preparedness, emergency onset, containment, recovery, and evaluation. It guides officials, agencies, and governments in developing a public health risk communication strategy and plan, emphasizing the preparedness phase as a critical time to lay the groundwork for effective communication in an emergency.
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This report describes a study to identify promising practices for rural mental health and substance use-related programs across the United States. The report explains the importance of promising practices, defines and describes promising practices, and presents in Appendix C the programs included in the study.
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This tip sheet discusses how religious leaders can adapt their place of worship to be used as a shelter, service center, warehouse, or volunteer staging area during disaster response and recovery.
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This guide provides simple and effective ways to build personal resiliency.
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This resource lists questions that parents can use to assess their children’s exposure to distressing situations during and after a tornado. It also describes behaviors to look out for in children that signal distress and when to consider enlisting professional mental health support.
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This briefing paper discusses the January 12, 2010, earthquake that occurred in Haiti and how it affected Haitians who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT). This disaster further marginalized vulnerable populations that received insufficient help. The end of this paper includes a checklist for governments and international agencies to include people who are LGBT in their disaster planning.
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This document provides an overview of expected psychological and physical responses among survivors of a tsunami and ways to cope.
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This two-page handout suggests ways for parents, teachers, and other adults to talk with children about earthquakes and other disasters.
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This toolkit was developed based on recommendations from the National Consensus Panel on Emergency Preparedness and Cultural Diversity. Sections of the toolkit cover identifying community needs and assets, building community partnerships, and capacity building for culturally and linguistically appropriate services.
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This tip sheet offers parents guidance on helping their children after a tornado. It describes how tornadoes often affect families and children, common reactions children may have, and how parents can help their children. The tip sheet also provides tips for parents after a tornado.
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This fact sheet provides an overview of how tornadoes may affect children and families. It then explains the reactions children may have after a tornado and what teachers can do to help them recover from such events. Also included are coping tips for teachers, as they probably also survived the tornado their students experienced.
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Although published in 2011, this article offers information that remains relevant about disaster planning for people with serious mental illness. The article discusses the importance of including people with mental illness in disaster preparedness and response, how people with mental illnesses may be more severely affected by disasters, and complications that can arise with care and medication during disasters.
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This guide reviews combat and operational stress reactions and ways to manage these behaviors. It includes tips for providing support to soldiers in distress and information on coping with deployment separation.
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This book presents discussion and recommendations from a workshop on ways to improve mass casualty response in rural areas. The book includes a review of the incident that led to the workshop, a 2008 bus crash in Utah, as well as another rural mass casualty incident; challenges in rural emergency response; and ideas for improving response to rural mass casualty incidents.
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This article provides ways to recognize common emotional reactions and steps to prepare for a hurricane that will be helpful in safeguarding the emotional well-being of the survivor.
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This web page explains how individuals can manage stress related to exposure to a hurricane—even if from afar—and when they should seek professional help.
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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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This tip sheet explains how hurricanes may affect families, and children in particular, and identifies ways that parents and other caregivers can help their children to cope after a hurricane. Also provided are tips for self-care for parents and other caregivers.
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This tip sheet identifies the challenges often experienced during and after wildfires, lists common reactions in children, and suggests ways parents and other caregivers can help their children with these reactions.
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This tip sheet identifies the challenges often experienced during and after wildfires, lists common reactions in children, and suggests ways parents and other caregivers can help their children with these reactions.
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This web page provides guidance for rural residents who own livestock on managing their animals in the aftermath of a disaster. The web page emphasizes priorities such as personal safety, locating and caring for animals, and practical techniques to help livestock physically readjust after a disaster.
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