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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Coping with a Disaster or Traumatic Event page provides general strategies for promoting mental health and resilience. These strategies were developed by various organizations based on experiences in prior disasters.
- Disaster and Terrorism Preparedness Fact Sheets. The Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress develops and provides information for military health care providers, soldiers and families, healthcare workers and business leaders.
- Disaster Mental Health. This page, sponsored by the Georgia Department of Human Resources, focuses on the mental health aspects of an emergency or disaster. This site contains fact sheets, resources and publications, and information by audience. These resources are available in fourteen different languages.
- Key Personal Resilience Factors. Years of research into the inner nature of highly resilient survivors has created a solid understanding of human resiliency and how it develops. Click here to see a list of the key qualities to strengthen.
- Road to Resilience. These brochures from the American Psychological Association are intended to help readers with taking their own road to resilience. The information provided describes factors that affect how people deal with hardship, and focuses on using a personal strategy for enhancing resilience. There is a guide for parents and teachers, information on building resilience in times of war, and others.
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Information Center. The PTSD Information Center contains in-depth information on PTSD and traumatic stress for a general audience.
We answer commonly asked questions about the effects of trauma, including basic information about PTSD and other common reactions. You can find out about treatment and coping or view videos to learn more.
- Invisible Wounds of War. Since October 2001, approximately 1.64 million U.S. troops have been deployed for Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) in Afghanistan and Iraq. Early evidence suggests that the psychological toll of these deployments — many involving prolonged exposure to combat-related stress over multiple rotations — may be disproportionately high compared with the physical injuries of combat. The RAND corporation conducted a comprehensive study of the post-deployment health-related needs, the health care system in place to meet those needs, gaps in the care system, and the costs associated with these conditions and with providing quality health care to all those in need. This monograph presents the results of the study.
- A Health Guide for the Public in Disaster Planning and Recovery. Recent emergency situations have shown us that it may not be possible to obtain needed resources for some period of time following an event, even from government agencies. By taking a little time now to prepare, you can make sure your family is safe during an emergency. This guide, developed by the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health, contains information on what to do to prepare for emergency events.
- Psychological First Aid Manual. The Psychological First Aid Manual was created by the Terrorism Disaster Branch of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and others involved in disaster response.
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