Mental Health Professionals
- Mental Health and Traumatic Events (HHS)
- National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
- Psychological First Aid: Field Operations Guide (PDF - 792 KB) (National Child Traumatic Stress Network, National Center for PTSD, 2nd edition, July 2006)
- Information on Traumatic Stress in Children (National Child Trauma Stress Network)
- Mental Health and Disaster Issues for Adults/Parents/Caregivers/First Responders/en Espanol (HHS/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA))
- Disaster and Terrorism: Fact Sheets on Diagnosing and Treating (Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)
- Disaster Mental Health Resources (HHS/CDC)
- Coping With a Traumatic Event:
Information for the Public (HHS/CDC, July 2006)
- Traumatic Incident Stress: Information
For Emergency Response Workers (HHS/CDC, October 2001)
- Generic
Procedures for Medical Response during a Nuclear or Radiological
Emergency (PDF - 2,225 KB) (IAEA, Section C, Response at the Scene (at Pre-Hospital
Level), pages 42 - 53, April 2005)
- Generic
Procedures for Medical Response during a Nuclear or Radiological
Emergency (PDF - 2,225 KB) (IAEA, Section E, Psychological Support, pages
98 - 108, April 2005)
- Evidence-Based
Early Psychological Intervention for Victims/Survivors of Mass
Violence (PDF - 2,108 KB) (DoD, DoJ, American Red Cross, DHS, HHS, 2001)
- 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)
- Management
of Terrorist Events Involving Radioactive Material (National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP)
Report No. 138, Chapter 5, Psychosocial Effects of Radiological
Terrorist Incidents, pp 54-69, October 2001)
- Becker, S.M. Psychosocial Effects of Radiation Accidents. Chapter 41 in I. Gusev, A. Guskova, F.A. Mettler, Jr., eds., Medical Management of Radiation Accidents, 2nd edition, (2001). Boca Raton: CRC Press.
- Chernobyl
at Twenty (NRCP Program Presentations No. 42, 2006)
- What You Should Know about the Emotional Impact of Radiological Terrorism with an RDD ("Dirty Bomb") (National Child Traumatic Stress Network)
- "Listen, Protect, and Connect": Psychological First Aid for Children and Parents (University of California Los Angeles, School of Public Health) (PDF - 860 KB)
- "Listen Protect and Connect" - Psychological First Aid for Teachers and Schools (University of California Los Angeles, School of Public Health) (PDF - 2 MB)
- 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]
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