The National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement at the USC Suzanna Dworak-Peck School of Social Work is dedicated to helping schools support their students through crisis and loss. They offer crisis response resources, educational materials, and consultation and training, and they conduct childhood bereavement and disaster preparedness research. Many of the resources they offer are free; however, the books may require purchase.

Funded by SAMHSA and administered by the American Psychiatric Association, this initiative aims to advance the use of a person-centered approach to care to ensure that people with serious mental illness (SMI) find the treatment and support they need. For clinicians, SMI Adviser offers access to education, data, and consultations to make evidence-based treatment decisions.

This web page provides a summary of TF-CBT and includes reviews of relevant research findings on this model, which is used with children who have experienced a wide array of types of trauma.

This document showcases best practices for disaster planners and communities to promote and practice gender mainstreaming in disaster risk reduction. This publication highlights the experiences of several states in India: Assam, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Delhi, and Maharashtra. The document presents gender equity initiatives in disaster risk management to promote women’s involvement in community disaster preparedness.

Humanitarian professionals and practitioners developed this handbook to improve gender equality programming in humanitarian efforts and programs. The handbook discusses the basics of gender equality, the coordination of gender equality in emergencies and the elements of conducting effective coordination, and the numerous gender issues with health, food, shelter, and education in emergencies.

WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. WHO is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries, and monitoring and assessing health trends.

This web page discusses the role psychiatrists play in preparing for and responding to disasters and other mass traumas. It provides information about how psychiatrists can participate in helping communities get ready for disasters; assess the community’s mental health needs, including how people with serious mental illness are affected; and use evidence-based approaches for interventions.

This website offers information for prehospital patient care, providing resources for emergency medical service personnel to help them do their jobs better and more safely. The site features information about training, as well as news articles about major emergencies, medical issues, and administrative and leadership topics.

This document was created for parents and other caregivers to help them understand what their child may go through after a disaster, and it offers ways to help children following disasters. Basics are taught, and space is provided to write down a child’s answers to questions and behavior, as well as to come up with ways to support a child in feeling better and coping. [Authors: Schreiber, M., and Gurwitch, R.]

This guidance document is based on an international expert consensus workshop that yielded guidelines for immediate, intermediate, and long-term response following disasters and mass violence.

This guide provides the details of the psychological first aid model, which uses an evidence-informed approach for assisting children, adolescents, adults, and families in the aftermath of disaster and terrorism.

Part of SAMHSA’s Technical Assistance Publication (TAP) series, this handbook provides programs that treat people with mental and substance use disorders with information and tools for disaster planning.

Developed in collaboration with the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and Justice, this guide is designed to help individual schools and school districts develop and maintain emergency operations plans that can be used in a disaster. The guide describes the building blocks of a plan, an intervention to help school communities recover after disasters; and ways to respond to an active shooter situation.

The authors’ review of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak highlights an evidence-based approach to reducing health worker stress during a pandemic influenza by building resilience prior the event.