Mental Health Professionals
Federal Guidance - HHS
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Federal Guidance - HHS Collaborations
- Department of Homeland Security Working Group on Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD) Preparedness, Medical Preparedness & Response Sub-groups (PDF - 335 KB) (Psychological Aspects of a RDD/IND Event, Pages 33 - 40, DHS, DVA, HHS, December 2003)
- Mental Health and Mass Violence: Evidence-Based Early Psychological Intervention for Victims/Survivors of Mass Violence. A Workshop to Reach Consensus on Best Practices. (PDF - 2,108 KB) (HHS/DoD/DVA/DoJ/American Red Cross, 2002)
- Disaster Mental Health Recommendations (PDF - 211 KB) (Report of the Disaster Mental Health Subcommittee of the National Biodefense Science Board, HHS/DoD/DVA/DHS, November 2008)
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network (HHS/University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)/Duke University)
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Other Federal Guidance
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International Guidance
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Other Resources
- Becker SM, Middleton SA. Improving hospital preparedness for radiological terrorism: perspectives from emergency department physicians and nurses. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2008 Oct;2(3):174-84. [PubMed Citation]
- Engel CC, Locke S, Reissman DB, DeMartino R, Kutz I, McDonald M, Barsky AJ. Terrorism, trauma, and mass casualty triage: how might we solve the latest mind-body problem? Biosecur Bioterror. 2007 Jun;5(2):155-63. [PubMed Citation]
- How to Talk to Children About Disasters (Free online symposium with streaming video, requires login) (Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness Conference, February 2007)
- Chernobyl at Twenty (National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP) Program Presentations No. 42, 2006)
- Schreiber M, Gurwitch R. Listen, Protect, Connect: Psychological First Aid for Children and Parents, 2006. (PDF - 860 KB) (UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters)
- Schreiber M, Gurwitch R, Wong M, Schonfeld D. Listen, Protect, and Connect: Psychological First Aid for Children, Parents, and other Caregivers after Natural Disasters, 2006. (PDF - 1.8 MB) (UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters and the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Center, National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement)
- Schreiber M, Gurwitch R, Wong M. Listen, Protect, Connect - Model and Teach: Psychological First Aid (PFA) for Students and Teachers, 2006. (PDF - 2 MB) (UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters and the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Center, National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement)
- Becker SM. Emergency Communication and Information Issues in Terrorism Events Involving Radioactive Materials. (PDF - 89 KB) Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2004;2(3): 195-207.[PubMed Citation]
- Preparing for the Psychological Consequences of Terrorism: A Public Health Strategy, Committee on Responding to the Psychological Consequences of Terrorism, Butler AS, Panzer AM, Goldfrank LR, eds., Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, The National Academies Press, Washington, DC, 2003
- Management of Terrorist Events Involving Radioactive Material (National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) Report No. 138, Chapter 5: Psychosocial Effects of Radiological Terrorist Incidents, pp. 54-69, October 2001)
- Becker SM: Psychosocial Effects of Radiation Accidents. In: Gusev IA, Guskova AK, Mettler FA Jr, eds.: Medical Management of Radiation Accidents, 2nd ed. Boca Raton, Fl: CRC Press, 2001, pp. 519-525.
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