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This guide provides general information about disaster behavioral health and describes activities involved in various stages of the planning process, from plan development to testing to activation to deactivation and evaluation and improvement over time. The guide identifies resources that may be helpful in planning and features a checklist with key elements of a disaster behavioral health plan.
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The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services created this emergency response plan to guide state officials on an effective response to a pandemic. This plan can be used and adapted by other state and public health officials to prepare their agencies for a pandemic influenza outbreak.
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Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, caused a global outbreak that began in 2022. This fact sheet discusses mpox transmission, the signs and symptoms, prevention strategies, and treatment options, as well as the mpox vaccine.
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This web page shares messaging templates that disaster behavioral health programs can use during a disaster in formats including blogs, public service announcements, program websites, and social media. In addition to tips for writing messages for different methods of communication, the page also has links to examples.
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This web page describes types of print materials (e.g., flyers, tip sheets) and how they can be used by disaster behavioral health programs to reach and inform disaster-affected communities. The page features templates programs can download and customize to share information about their services.
ADA Emergency Preparedness Webinar: Why Effective Communications is Critical in Emergency Management
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This webinar explores the importance of effective communication in emergency management and ways emergency managers can communicate effectively with people with disabilities. The webinar draws from real-life scenarios to define effective communication and describe how emergency managers can build upon their communications approach.
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This resource collection includes web pages, manuals, guides, technical assistance documents, mobile apps, and training on topics including responding to a radiation emergency, responding to a nuclear detonation, triaging survivors, and managing hazardous materials. Items may be useful both to responders and those who manage responders and response efforts.
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Developed for institutions of higher education, this guide incorporates lessons learned from past incidents and recommendations from experts in the field to provide guidance for emergency planners revising and updating existing emergency operations plans. This resource was jointly developed by the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security, Justice, Education, and Health and Human Services.
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Developed jointly by the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security, Justice, Education, and Health and Human Services, this guide is designed to help individual schools and school districts develop and update emergency operations plans. It highlights lessons learned and recommendations to ensure high-quality school emergency operations plans.
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Influenza A viruses established in many animal species can infect humans. This fact sheet explores the pandemic potential of these viruses, signs and symptoms in humans, and treatment and prevention protocols.
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Provided by the Institute for Public Health Practice at the University of Iowa College of Public Health, this 1-hour course uses scenarios to teach concepts of Psychological First Aid in responding to disasters. The course is designed to help public health professionals and others involved with post-disaster recovery to assess survivors and use mental health interventions to help stabilize survivors in the immediate aftermath of a disaster.
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This web page lists information about the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, provides a 988 partner toolkit, and includes data on suicide and prevention resources. It also features links to partner organizations.
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This literature review discusses Long COVID and its behavioral health implications. It describes the behavioral health issues and conditions associated with Long COVID, neuropsychiatric causes of these issues and conditions, and future research needs.
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Through this center, SAMHSA provides training and technical assistance to American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities, tribal SAMHSA grantees, and individuals and organizations who work with AI/AN people. Topics include mental health promotion, suicide prevention, and mental and substance use disorders. The center's website provides information and links to print materials, websites, and webinars.
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This video features Dr. Paramjit Joshi, Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC, who offers guidance for teachers and counselors in supporting children in processing and coping after a school shooting or other traumatic event.
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The Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant provides funds and technical assistance to all 50 states, as well as a wide range of U.S. territories and a tribal entity. Grantees use the funds to plan, implement, and evaluate activities that prevent and treat substance use and promote public health. Although the program is noncompetitive, it runs on a 1-year term, and eligible entities must submit an application annually.
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This resource describes evidence-supported strategies for states and communities to use to implement suicide prevention activities and reduce suicide risk. The guide offers an overview of suicide as a preventable public health problem, explains evidence criteria for inclusion in the guide, and details and expands upon each strategy.
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Designed for local health department personnel, this course prepares people who manage individuals and teams to use Psychological First Aid (PFA) to foster resilience in those they lead and supervise and help them to do the best work they can. The course describes PFA, an evidence-informed, modular approach for helping people in the immediate aftermath of disasters. It explains how leaders can use PFA with their teams.
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This guide provides insights and recommendations for disaster responders and first responders, assisting them in effectively handling stress in crisis response situations. It outlines the physiological impact of stress and offers suggestions for both individuals and organizations to encourage and participate in stress management practices.
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This website provides information on Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment, which it describes as "an approach to the delivery of early intervention and treatment to people with substance use disorders and those at risk of developing these disorders."
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This web page includes resources and information on suicide prevention can be used by researchers, healthcare professionals, and consumers. This page presents sources of help for someone in immediate crisis, signs and symptoms of suicidality, risk factors, and information about research on suicide, as well as links to related resources.
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This web page focuses on SAMHSA's National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative, which aims to improve treatment and services for youth and families who have experienced traumatic events. It explores childhood trauma and links to resources for parents and caregivers, educators, health professionals, and more.
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This web page explores community violence data, including data surrounding youth and vulnerable populations, to highlight the important preventive strategies communities can pursue. It provides community members with resources, including databases and technical guides, to encourage the continued collection of data and strategies for building community resilience.
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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.
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This article reports on a scoping review of research on the impacts of multiple disasters. Among findings of the review is that experiencing multiple disasters can have impacts on mental health and well-being, as well as overall health. The authors note that more research is needed to fully understand the impacts of exposure to multiple disasters over short and longer terms.
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