This toolkit helps service providers for the aging learn more about mental illness and substance use disorders in older adults, including focus on alcohol and medication use. It provides tools such as a program coordinator’s guide, suggested curricula, and handouts.

This report outlines a national strategy to guide Suicidal Thinking, Behavior, Attempts 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.

This primer provides an overview of CISM as a comprehensive, integrative, multicomponent Intervention system to use in a wide variety of community and occupational settings. The document briefly describes the seven core components of CISM and emphasizes the importance of using multiple interventions within the CISM framework.

This article examines the effect of brief Interventions, including critical incident stress management, following the World Trade Center disaster. [Authors: Boscarino, J., Adams, R. and Figley, C.]

This toolkit describes acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder and the risk factors associated with trauma. It also describes interventions that can be used in times of crisis. Near the end of the toolkit is a list of related resources.

This article reviews different debriefings, including critical incident stress management, and evaluates research findings related to the model.

The Department of Homeland Security website for first responders provides a portal that allows Federal, State, local, and tribal first responders to easily access and leverage Federal web services; information on resources, products, standards, testing, and evaluation; and best practices in a collaborative environment.

The Crisis Text Line serves people across the United States experiencing any type of crisis and provides free, 24/7 emotional support and information through texting with a live, trained specialist. Individuals in the United States can access the Crisis Text Line by texting "HOME" to 741741. Responders can make disaster survivors aware of this resource.

Yellow Ribbon provides trainings in Suicidal Thinking, Behavior, Attempts prevention, and collaborates with community support networks to reduce the stigma of Suicidal Thinking, Behavior, Attempts.

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.

In this post to its Public Health Matters blog, CDC explains why children are more vulnerable to mental health issues and conditions during a disaster or emergency. It also discusses CDC’s At-Risk Task Force (ARTF), which ensures the identification and prioritization of the mental and physical health needs of at-risk populations.

Offered through the website Coursera, this 7-hour course introduces students to the RAPID model of Psychological First Aid (Reflective Listening, Assessment of Needs, Prioritization, Intervention, and Disposition). While students must pay to receive a certificate of course completion, they can take the course free of charge without receiving a certificate (though site registration is required).

This tip sheet identifies 10 ways in which youth may react to community traumas such as natural or human-caused disasters and suggests ways for educators to respond to these reactions and support youth in coping. The tip sheet also advises educators to find professional mental health support for youth and for themselves as needed.

The mission of the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, according to its website, is to provide leadership, education, training, consultation, and support services in comprehensive Intervention and disaster behavioral health services to the emergency response professions, other organizations, and communities worldwide.

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.]

This paper offers a statistical review of CISM [critical incident stress management] as an integrated multicomponent Intervention system. [Authors: Rose, S.C., Bisson, J., Churchchill, R., and Wessely, S.]

This fact sheet provides information for disaster managers and planners about the challenges that women face in East Asia and the Pacific. The document highlights key findings, explains why women are at higher risk, and describes recommendations for best practices in the planning, decision-making, and implementation processes.

In this tip sheet, NDIN provides religious leaders with information on SAMHSA’s Disaster Distress Helpline, which offers 24/7 crisis counseling throughout the year for individuals and families experiencing distress because of disasters. NDIN explains who answers the Disaster Distress Helpline, what happens when someone calls or texts the helpline, and what services are available, as well as when the helpline should be used as a referral.

Catholic Charities USA provides leadership and resources to help its member agencies respond to disasters in the United States; offers disaster case management services; and collaborates and coordinates with partners including the American Red Cross and National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) and with local, state, and national government agencies.

The SAMHSA Store offers free publications and tip sheets, many of which can be downloaded, on topics such as substance misuse and disasters.

After a disaster or other potentially traumatic event, emergency medical services (EMS) providers may encounter people with thoughts of Suicidal Thinking, Behavior, Attempts or who have attempted Suicidal Thinking, Behavior, Attempts. This 8-page information and tip sheet guides EMS providers in reducing the risk of Suicidal Thinking, Behavior, Attempts among those they serve, responding to people who have attempted Suicidal Thinking, Behavior, Attempts, and supporting survivors of Suicidal Thinking, Behavior, Attempts loss.

This half-day training teaches individuals ages 15 years and older steps to identify people with suicidal thoughts and connect them to resources for help and support.

The Trevor Project provides trained crisis counselors to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 24 years and younger who are suicidal or in crisis. The Trevor Lifeline is free and available 24/7 at 1–866–488–7386.

The C-SSRS is a short questionnaire that can be administered quickly in the field by responders with no formal mental health training, and it is relevant in a wide range of settings and for individuals of all ages. The website provides information about the C-SSRS, also known as the Columbia Protocol, including the history of its development and how it can be used.

FEMA offers free independent study courses that can be completed for continuing education units. Courses cover topics such as emergency preparedness, developing and managing volunteers, and the Incident Command System.