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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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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.
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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 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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This brief article describes a study that found that people who had experienced 2 or more disasters in the last 5 years had lower mental health scores. The author notes that the article and its findings highlight the need for public health interventions for people who have experienced more than one disaster within a short period of time.
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This guide outlines the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's work in fiscal year (FY) 2023 in areas including communications and awareness, programs, and research. The guide includes links to information and opportunities to engage in awareness activities and trainings.
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The mission of the Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence, according to its website, is "to promote[s] state-of-the-science traumatic brain injury care from point-of-injury to reintegration for service members, veterans, and their families to prevent and mitigate consequences of mild to severe TBI [traumatic brain injury]."
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This part of the website of the National Center for PTSD features materials for professionals to help them in working with older adults with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), one possible consequence of disaster experiences. Resources include online information and courses about PTSD in older adults, PTSD that is co-occurring with other conditions that may arise in older adults, and prescribing practices for older veterans with PTSD.
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This web page provides information on the current funding opportunities available from the Office for Victims of Crime. It highlights grant funding opportunities in response to mass violence events and provides guidance for those interested in applying.
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This web page highlights the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's approach to preventing firearm violence incidents, which includes data collection, research, and partnerships. It analyzes current funded research and surveillance, highlights new funding opportunities for research, and provides relevant resources to support firearm violence mitigation.
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Presents 2012 data from an annual nationwide survey that measures attitudes and perceptions of stress among the general public and identifies leading sources of stress, common behaviors used for stress prevention and management and the impact of stress on our lives.
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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.
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On this web page, you will find infographics and fact sheets that summarize national suicide statistics based on data from the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The fact sheets present suicide statistics by gender, age range, states, and regions of the country.
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The National Institute of Mental Health website has overviews of a number of disorders related to trauma exposure, including anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, and substance use disorders.
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This document follows up on the 2001 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. It lists six key action items needed to reverse the upward trend in suicide deaths. For each of the six key action items, smaller steps as well as priorities are identified. This resource includes suggestions for federal agencies; state, territory, tribal, and local governments; public health agencies; suicide prevention leaders and organizations; and others.
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Designed for mental health professionals and researchers, this online fact sheet provides information about trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and suicide. It presents suicide statistics, identifies types of trauma associated with increased risk of suicide (e.g., military sexual trauma), explores research on whether PTSD increases suicide risk, and highlights types of treatment for PTSD that may also lower risk for suicide.
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This presentation from the Education Development Center explores strategies for supporting substance misuse prevention in American Indian and Alaska Native populations. The suite of tools provided considers culture-based best practices to ensure traditions, values, and community strengths are measured and supported to promote community health.
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This resource from the Education Development Center explores cultural factors unique to American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations that influence the prevalence of substance misuse and mental health challenges. The guide identifies strategies for assessing and planning programs for promoting community and individual wellness, with special attention to cultural strengths in AI/AN populations.
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This tool from the Education Development Center highlights the importance of culturally informed practices in substance use and mental health programs for American Indian and Alaska Native communities. It features 71 programs and practices in tribal communities, some of which have documented evaluation findings showing a reduction of substance misuse and promotion of well-being in tribal populations.
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This literature review explores the effect of quarantine and isolation during disease outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics on the risk of suicide. It includes studies on the impacts of outbreaks and epidemics including the Spanish influenza outbreaks, H1N1 influenza, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Ebola virus disease, and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS).
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This web page provides an overview of how a disaster or traumatic event may affect a person with serious mental illness (SMI) differently because of the way he or she experiences a disaster. It also offers information that suggests that people with SMI are more likely to develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following disasters than people without SMI.
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This online resource provides access to research and findings of the nine Rural Health Research Centers funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration's Office of Rural Health Policy. Products available through the site include policy briefs, fact sheets, and journal articles, as well as recaps of rural health research and resource collections on topics including rural emergency preparedness and response.
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This article reviews different debriefings, including critical incident stress management, and evaluates research findings related to the model.
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As part of HRSA, the Office of Rural Health Policy promotes better health services for rural Americans. The website contains information about funding opportunities, policy, programs, and research.
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This online article reviews how family members can be affected by having a loved one with posttraumatic stress disorder. It discusses common reactions family members will have to a loved one's traumatic experience and what professionals can do to help these families. [Authors: Carlson, E. B., & Ruzek, J.]
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