Publication Date:
This pamphlet discusses the characteristics of chemical and biological terrorist threats, suggests ways to detect them, and provides strategies for protection and decontamination.
Publication Date:
This guide explains what individuals can do to prepare for an unexpected terrorist attack and reduce the stress in case of such an emergency. It includes guidance for evacuating, sheltering in place, and administering first aid if needed.
Publication Date:
This guide explains what individuals can do to prepare for an unexpected terrorist attack and reduce the stress in case of such an emergency. It includes guidance for evacuating, sheltering in place, and administering first aid if needed.
Publication Date:
This fact sheet identifies emotions, feelings, and physical symptoms that young people may experience after a disaster and offers ways to reduce stress and begin the healing process.
Publication Date:
This fact sheet identifies emotions and physical signs and symptoms that young people may experience after a disaster and offers some ways to reduce stress and begin the healing process.
Publication Date:
This chart offers information on various types of responses for biological, chemical, or "dirty bomb" incidents.
Publication Date:
Developed in British Columbia to help rural communities in decline, this manual provides guidance for communities interested in increasing their resilience. It defines community resilience and helps readers assess and understand resilience in their community, prioritize goals so that communities can allocate resources as effectively as possible, and develop plans to increase the resilience of their community.
Publication Date:
This 27-page report provides extensive guidelines that are based on international research with a global disaster perspective. The guidelines recommend how the humanitarian community can meet the needs of older people and include strategies for supporting older people in contributing to disaster recovery for their families and communities.
Publication Date:
This article reviews the use of cognitive behavior therapy in treating trauma survivors at risk of developing posttraumatic stress disorder. [Authors: Bryant, R. A., Sackville, T., Dang, S. T., Moulds, M., and Guthrie, R.]
Publication Date:
This online manual is designed for veterans and outlines information on the recognition and diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder. It also includes information on some of the available therapies and treatments. [Author: Parrish, I. S.]
Publication Date:
This guide explains how to keep safe before, during, and after a wildfire.
Publication Date:
Developed in collaboration with the American Red Cross, this booklet offers information about how children typically react to disasters and suggests ways for parents and other caregivers and other adults to help children in coping. It also includes information to help families prepare for disasters and steps to take in creating a family disaster plan.
Publication Date:
Developed in collaboration with the American Red Cross, this booklet offers information about how children typically react to disasters and suggests ways for parents and other caregivers and other adults to help children in coping. It also includes information to help families prepare for disasters and steps to take in creating a family disaster plan.
Publication Date:
Developed in collaboration with the American Red Cross, this booklet offers information about how children typically react to disasters and suggests ways for parents and other caregivers and other adults to help children in coping. It also includes information to help families prepare for disasters and steps to take in creating a family disaster plan.
Publication Date:
This article examines the social and psychological consequences of exposure to the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident. Based on findings from a literature review and consultation with experts, the authors describe the different approaches used by mental health professionals in the former Soviet Union and in the West to classify distress and disorders and design treatment programs. The article also provides recommendations for bridging these gaps.
This web page defines different types of flu outbreaks and shares tips for preparing for and coping with the flu.
ADI is a coalition of nonprofits that do work related to assistance dogs and the people they help. Assistance dogs help humans live independently and with greater well-being with conditions such as posttraumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, seizure disorders, and diabetes. ADI works for better training, placement, and use of assistance dogs, and for better public education about assistance dogs.
OSHA ensures safe and healthful working conditions by setting and enforcing standards, and by providing training, outreach, and education. This section of the OSHA website provides information and resources related to bioterrorism.
This is an informational document with tips and ideas for students who want to build resilience to manage stress.
This iOS and Android app can be used to find nearby meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous, a peer support organization offering meetings across the country and around the world to help people who have a current or past problem with drinking. Meetings may help people with alcoholism or people in recovery from alcoholism to cope with distress in many situations, including after a disaster.
Developed for emergency shelter staff members, this manual provides worksheets and checklists for agencies to develop a disaster plan that best serves youth experiencing homelessness. The activities encourage staff to consider various topics such as community demographics, record maintenance, evacuation plans, and staff preparedness.
This tip sheet explains how families are typically notified after a disaster that their relatives are missing or deceased, and it emphasizes the importance of working with local authorities on notification of families in a sensitive, appropriate way. It offers do’s and don’ts for disaster responders helping local and national authorities make families aware that their relatives are missing or dead following a disaster.
FEMA is the U.S. Government’s principal agency charged with building and supporting the Nation’s emergency management system.
This part of the NCTSN’s website links to sections with information about specific types of natural disasters and about pandemics, how to prepare for them, and how they may affect children and families. Also provided are ideas for preparedness, response, and recovery, as well as links to related resources.
This webpage contains five fact sheets about Ebola preparedness. One fact sheet focuses on steps members of the general public can take to protect their health. Another is for health care providers and gives tips on how to recognize Ebola, and also how to talk to patients who are worried about the outbreak. There is also a fact sheet for community leaders that describes effective communication tactics in high-stress situations.
Displaying 976 - 1000 out of 1361