This training was developed by the North Carolina Disaster Response Network and produced by the North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Updated 10/22/2008
Resources about Disaster Mental Health for the Mental Health Professional
This list of resources, selected by the developers of the NC DRN modules, has been used in the development of training and in their ongoing disaster work. The list is not exhaustive but is meant to represent several of the web sites and books which are felt to be particularly informative in the area of disaster mental health response.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/dtac/
American Psychological Association
http://www.apahelpcenter.org/articles/topic.php?id=4
American Psychiatric Association
http://www.psych.org/disasterpsych/
National Association of Social Workers http://www.socialworkers.org/research/naswResearch/0205Disasters/default.asp
American Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_319_,00.html
National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/index.jsp
International Center for Traumatic Stress Studies
http://www.istss.org/resources/index.cfm
American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
http://www.aaets.org/crisisindex.html
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
http://www.nctsnet.org
National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/coping-with-traumatic-events/index.shtml
Federal Emergency Management Agency
www.FEMA.gov
North Carolina Disaster Response Network – helpful disaster mental health web resources
http://www.ncpsychology.com/html/Disaster%20Websites.htm
Centers for Public Health Preparedness
http://www.asph.org/acphp/
Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness
http://www.jhsph.edu/preparedness/training/online/mentalhealth_trainings
Green Cross Academy of Traumatology
http://www.greencross.org/
Gonzales, Lawrence. Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies and Why. NY: W.W. Norton, 2004.
Siebert, Al. The Resiliency Advantage. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2005.
Flach, Frederic. Resilience: Discovering a New Strength at Times of Stress. NY: Hatherleigh Press, 2004.