This web page discusses how technological disasters affect communities, including mental health effects, with a particular focus on the Exxon Valdez oil spill off the coast of Alaska in 1989. The page features a guide for communities and individuals coping with oil spills and other technological disasters, as well as peer listener training materials, which equip community members to support and counsel each other.

This guidebook helps community officials and individuals throughout a region affected by a technological disaster recognize, identify, and mitigate the adverse psychological effects associated with these events. Included are culturally appropriate outreach and community healing strategies, as well as chapters with information for community groups and counselors, individuals and families, and local government and businesses.

The appendices are a companion document to <em>Coping with Technological Disasters: A User Friendly Guidebook</em>. This document includes community surveys, newspaper articles, in-service training, information directories, and reports.

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 60-minute webcast identifies types and sources of stress that disaster behavioral health responders may face, as well as methods of self-care. It also covers ways that supervisors and managers of disaster behavioral health responders can support their teams in coping with stress.

This guide offers information and suggestions to help emergency managers, planners, and responders include individuals with disabilities in disaster planning and preparedness, response, and recovery.

NRC is an independent agency created by Congress to ensure the safe use of radioactive materials. The agency regulates commercial nuclear power plants and other uses of nuclear materials, such as in nuclear medicine, through licensing, inspection, and enforcement of its requirements.

This infographic shows where to go and what to do in the event of a radiation emergency (i.e., get inside, stay inside, stay tuned for updated instructions from emergency response officials).

This fact sheet offers information on triage, early psychological interventions, and patient education to help disaster responders help themselves, colleagues, and survivors of a radiological incident.

This half-hour webcast provides information for disaster responders and their families to prepare for the stress of responding to a disaster or traumatic event. It also provides tips for responders to reintegrate into normal work and home routines following their deployment.

This website provides guidance and information for health care providers, primarily physicians, on how to respond to a radiation event. It also offers information for first responders.

This website section includes information that can help emergency services physicians and nurses manage patients and understand and treat injuries after radiation emergencies.