This report outlines a national strategy to guide suicide prevention actions. It includes goals and objectives across four strategic directions: (1) wellness and empowerment, (2) prevention services, (3) treatment and support services, and (4) surveillance, research, and evaluation.

The purpose of this report is to provide a step-by-step planning process guide to ensure the continuation of police work during an influenza pandemic. The resource includes information on identifying a department planning team, gathering information and resources, communicating internally and externally before and during a pandemic influenza, and exercising and updating the plan.

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.

Organized by suicide prevention organizations, Suicide Prevention Now provides a report on a poll reviewing the public’s beliefs and attitudes about suicide and mental health. The website provides key messages and tools that people can use to support and communicate about suicide prevention.

This report details the vulnerabilities people with substance use disorders faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides recommendations on expanding and sustaining telehealth modalities to improve access use for people with substance use disorders during the pandemic and beyond.

This report outlines the burden of mental health problems globally, including their impact on substance use disorders. It contains suggestions on how to scale up mental health care in communities as well as resources for prevention.

This guide offers a comprehensive analysis of the impacts of climate change on human well-being by presenting findings on the effects of climate crises and disasters on mental, physical, and community health. Based on these findings, the guide includes recommendations for engaging the public on climate change topics and ensuring community resilience.

This report shares the impacts of climate change and related disasters on vulnerable communities, focusing on the Pacific region and its exposure to extreme natural hazards. While the resource reports mainly on climate change crises and effects on Pacific island countries, the report includes substantial guidance for providing populations around the world with tools and strategies for building resilience.

This report assesses the exposures and risks communities face due to climate change and provides policymakers with suggestions for managing impacts. It considers the mental and physical health of vulnerable populations to provide adaptation tips and decision-making guidance.

This white paper explores the effects of climate change on extreme weather events and disasters to highlight the challenges vulnerable communities face during climate crises. Based on findings from the Gulf Coast and other coastal areas, it offers adaptation and planning opportunities for communities through a discussion of lessons learned and best practices.

This technical report provides a comprehensive analysis of climate change and its effects on children’s physical and psychological health and development. It explores extreme weather events and the burden of disasters on young populations to support the need for a public health movement addressing climate change’s health effects.

Created by physicians for the public, this report explores climate change to bring attention to the risks and possible consequences it may have for public health. It analyzes the many challenges climate change poses and provides recommendations for protecting the community and reducing the possible effects of climate change.

This report presents an overview of four main themes that emerged from the National Children’s Health and Climate Leadership Forum, held as a virtual event in October 2020. It includes key points and action items highlighted by event speakers as necessary steps to support youth mental health and resilience in response to climate change impacts.

Developed for local and federal planners, this report builds upon lessons learned from several disasters to offer recommendations for improving climate change preparedness programs. It addresses the opportunities available for disaster relief programs and service providers to help communities build long-term resilience.

This report describes the use of social media in emergency preparedness, response, and recovery by governments across the United States and around the world. The report features nine case studies from previous emergencies around the world and highlights ways in which social media can be used to gather information from communities about emergencies, engage communities, and help them better prepare for emergencies.

Developed for emergency planners and providers of services for people experiencing homelessness, this resource reviews research on disaster vulnerability and highlights the importance of adapting disaster planning to best serve at-risk populations. Expert guidance provided in this consultation includes suggestions for supporting population-specific needs and managing service reductions.

This report highlights the importance of partnerships and improved communication between and among homeless services providers, disaster planners, and individuals experiencing homelessness to develop a successful disaster response and recovery plan. Based on the experiences of two disaster-affected communities, the report describes research and findings on best practices for serving communities experiencing homelessness during disasters.

This report provides an overview of the issue of suicide and the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention, as well as the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention Implementation Assessment Advisory Group (NSSP IAAG), whose work is summarized in this report. The report covers findings of the NSSP IAAG, as well as their recommendations for increasing the effectiveness of implementation efforts in the future.

This report examines existing statistics and knowledge of mass violence events to analyze the impacts of these incidents and provide recommendations for ensuring effective preparedness and response. Created for federal, state, and local organizations, this resource aims to provide a wide range of information and strategies to mitigate the impacts of mass violence events.

This article reports on the importance of taking into account the human-animal bond in advance planning for natural disasters in the United States. [Citation: Beaver BV, Gros R, Bailey EM, Lovern CS. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2006 Sep 15;229(6):943-8.]

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.

The Shriver Report by Maria Shriver is a nonprofit project and platform for a national study and comprehensive report on the conditions of women in America.