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Disaster Behavioral Health Information Series Resource Center
The SAMHSA Disaster Technical Assistance Center (DTAC) provides various resources and useful information for those in the disaster behavioral health field.
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This guide delves into the history of anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) hate, examining the historical trauma resulting from such events and leading to the rise of anti-AAPI hate crimes during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This report describes how law enforcement departments and offices responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in its first year (March 2020 through March 2021). It features information and key takeaways to help readers continue to cope with COVID-19 in its endemic phase and also to use to prepare for and respond to future public health emergencies.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many services offered to people who use drugs moved to a telehealth model. The National Council for Mental Wellbeing developed a resource with five strategies on how to continue to provide services in this environment.
This web page offers information on the risks of substance use or misuse after a disaster or other emergency. It also gives an overview of short- and long-term risks of substance misuse. It offers tips for how to manage alcohol or drug use and signs that your substance use may have become a problem.
This part of CDC’s website provides detailed information about Zika in the United States and around the world. CDC’s Zika virus website presents the latest counts of cases of Zika virus disease among the general public and among pregnant women in the United States and U.S. territories.
This checklist provides information to educational professionals working with K-12 students that can help them learn more about pandemic planning and coordination, continuing education and core operations during a pandemic, infection control policies and procedures, and communications planning.
Ready.gov provides steps individuals can take before and during a pandemic to reduce the likelihood of illness and stay as healthy and safe as possible. Links to related information are also provided.
This guide provides First Responders agencies with the steps to follow to ensure good health for their workforce. The authors offer an overview of occupational health and safety, review comprehensive occupational health and safety programs, discuss assessing current efforts, and present challenges and provide recommendations for overcoming them.
This webinar explores the importance of trauma-informed systems supporting children and families to ensure community resilience and healing. It features a state-level organization in Tennessee to provide an example of an effective trauma-informed system that highlights strategies related to organizational collaboration, framework implementation, and staff self-care.
This recorded webinar explains the importance of stress management in response to the COVID-19 pandemic by providing an overview of the witnessing model, which highlights the need to be aware and empowered in response to stressful events. It explores stress management and processing techniques that can support resilience.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlines the dangers people with substance use disorders face due to COVID-19. This page has resources on treatment options, harm reduction, and other precautions.
This web page provides information on housing and homelessness resources and opportunities available to community members facing challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic or other concurrent disasters. It features resources describing housing, legal, and funding aids from federal and local governments available for individuals in need.
This tip sheet explores the effects a pandemic can have on an individual’s ability to manage stress and provides coping skills and strategies. It provides information concerning common reactions in adults, children, and teenagers, as well as tips for managing financial stress.
Designed for mental health professionals, this course features a therapeutic encounter between a transgender teenager and a mental health professional in which they discuss difficulties the youth has faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. The course follows the presentation with a reflection on the encounter, as well as a post-presentation and evaluation test. To complete the course, users must create an account with the NCTSN Learning Center.
This resource collection includes materials to help both mental health treatment professionals and first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic. Resources address helping individuals manage stress during the pandemic, self-care, and approaches to assistance such as Psychological First Aid.
This PowerPoint presentation provides an interactive guide for school communities creating a plan for supporting mental health and resilience among staff and students. The resource highlights seven core recommendations that include plans for fostering a sense of security and community, working with community partners, and teaching mindfulness.
This toolkit explores the importance of self-care and resilience building for professionals in health care and mental health and substance use disorder treatment fields during the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides a case scenario for participants to identify signs of stress and highlights strategies for developing a mental health and wellness plan.
Provided for healthcare professionals and others responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, this hour-long webinar recording defines burnout, compassion fatigue, moral injury, and resilience; explains the typical timeline of reactions to disasters; and discusses crisis standards of care. It also covers ways to manage burnout, compassion fatigue, and moral injury, and to increase personal and organizational resilience.
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 tip sheet lists reactions to stress that are common among children and that caregivers, parents, and teachers may see during and after an infectious disease outbreak. It also suggests ways that adults can help children manage stress.
This poster provides information about common reactions individuals may have after experiencing a disaster. It also provides information for those seeking help with adverse reactions.
This tip sheet explores the effects a pandemic can have on an individual’s ability to manage stress and provides coping skills and strategies. It provides information concerning common reactions in adults, children, and teenagers, as well as tips for managing financial stress.
Developed by several organizations, this web page and framework provide communities guidance for developing effective plans for homeless communities coping with challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It features resources and videos that highlight strategies, funding opportunities, and tools that can be used to meet community health needs and prevent increases in homelessness.
This flyer provides tips and strategies for reducing stress and anxiety individuals may experience in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It also includes information for seeking additional support.