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This list of resources has been carefully compiled from those used to create the pages in this section, as well as additional resources that were discovered in searching the Internet for appropriated sources. Visitors can look under the general resources on Trauma and Terrorism compiled from a variety of organizations. Parents looking for information should check the Children's Resource section--the same list of resources that are on the Helping Children to Cope with Tragedy. Professionals--Physicians, Mental Health or Emergency Personnel should look at the General Resource section and the specific sections on Children's Resources, Acute Stress Response, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Major Depression for respources. Finally for anyone still interested in donating, there are links provided to the major organizations.
American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
- Available as PDF Files
Articles available free of cost from the AAETS
Publication Acute Traumatic
Stress Management
How Do People Respond During Traumatic Exposure?http://www.aaets.org/during.pdf
"High Risk" Indicators of Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder (PTSD) http://www.aaets.org/highrisk.pdf
How Can Emergency Responders Manage Their Own
Response to a Traumatic Event? http://www.aaets.org/own.pdf
American College of Emergency Physicians
Resources for Dealing with Stress Brought on
by the Recent Terrorist Attacks http://www.acep.org/2,2956,0.html
American College of Occupational and Environmental
Medicine
ACOEM Resources/Response Guidelines for Occupational
Physicians Who May Deal with Psychological Trauma in the
Workplace as a Result of the September 11 Terrorist
Attacks http://www.acoem.org/member/guidelines.htm
ACOEM Statement On Worksite Fear Of Terrorism
http://www.acoem.org/member/statement.htm
American Counseling Association
Responding to Tragedy - Vaious Resources http://www.counseling.org/tragedy/tragedy.htm
American Psychiatric Association
Coping with a National Tragedy http://www.psych.org/public_info/copingwtragedy91301.cfm
American Psychological Association
Help with Trauma http://www.apa.org/psychnet/coverage.html
The Center for Mental Health Services
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Tips for Talking About Disasters: Adults http://www.mentalhealth.org/cmhs/EmergencyServices/after.htm
International Critical Incident Stress Foundation,
Inc.
Attack on America: CISM Information and Resources
- http://www.icisf.org/911.htm
America Under Attack: The "10 Commandments" of
Responding to Mass Terrorist Attacks. Everly GS, Mitchell JT. International
Journal of Emergency Mental Health. 2001 3(3) pp. 133-135.
http://www.icisf.org/Acrobat%20Documents/TerrorismIncident/terror1.pdf
National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
(See more under PTSD)
Disaster Mental Health: Dealing with the Aftereffects
of Terrorism http://www.ncptsd.org/disaster.html
National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association.
Coping with a Traumatic Event. http://www.ndmda.org/Posttraumatic_Stress.htm
National Institute of Mental Health
TraumaSurvivor.com and DisasterSurvivor.com
Public service educational sites created by some
of the faculty at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and the Department
of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences.
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Helping Children After a Disaster http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/disaster.htm
Children and Grief http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/grief.htm
American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
- Articles are PDF Files
Articles available free of cost from the AAETS
Publication A Practical Guide
For Crisis Response in Our Schools
Parent Guidelines for Crisis Response http://www.aaets.org/parentguidelines.pdf
Teacher Guidelines for Crisis Response http://www.aaets.org/teacherguidelines.pdf
American Academy of Pediatrics
Advice on Communicating with Children about Disasters
http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/disastercomm.htm
American Academy of Pediatrics and the Center
for Mental Health Services
Psychosocial Issues for Children and Families
in Disasters: A Guide for the Primary Care Physician. Authored by the Work
Group on Disasters American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.mentalhealth.org/publications/allpubs/SMA95-3022/SMA3022.htm
American Counseling Association
How Much Should You Tell Your Children http://www.counseling.org/tragedy/children.htm
Helping Your Teen Face Tragedy http://www.counseling.org/tragedy/teens_tragedy.htm
Helping Children Cope with Trauma http://www.counseling.org/tragedy/trauma.htm
American Psychological Association
Help with Trauma http://www.apa.org/psychnet/coverage.html
Reactions and Guidelines for Children Following
Trauma/Disaster http://helping.apa.org/daily/ptguidelines.html
American Red Cross
Helping Young Children Cope with Trauma http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/childtrauma.html
The Center for Mental Health Services, U.S.
Department of Health & Human Services
Tips for Talking About Disasters: Children and
Adolescents http://www.mentalhealth.org/cmhs/EmergencyServices/after.htm
Hospice Foundation of America
Sudden Loss Resources http://www.hospicefoundation.org/sudden.htm
International Critical Incident Stress
Foundation, Inc.
Children's Reactions and Needs After Disaster
http://www.icisf.org/Acrobat%20Documents/TerrorismIncident/Children_and_terroristattack.htm
Terror: How to Talk to Children
http://www.icisf.org/Acrobat%20Documents/TerrorismIncident/Dyregrov_terrorism.htm
Journey of Hearts
Fulgham K. A Letter to the Youngest Victims of
the Terrorist Attack http://www.kirstimd.com/911_fulgham.htm
Dyer K. Helping Children to Cope with Tragedy
for parents and educators. http://www.kirstimd.com/911_kids.htm
Dyer K. Ways of Coping then Helping includes
a section on "How Children can Help" http://www.kirstimd.com/911_cope.htm
National Education Association
List of Resources for parents and teachers from
their Crisis Communication
Guide
http://www.nea.org/crisis/americaunited/01crisis.html
National Institute of Mental Health
Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence
and Disasters.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/violence.cfm
Phillip W. Long, M.D. Acute Stress Disorder, American
Description. Internet Mental Health. http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis1/p21-an08.html
Anxiety Related Disorders - Diagnostic Criteria.
http://www.psychologynet.org/stress.html
American Psychological Association
Warning Signs of Trauma Related Stress http://www.apa.org/practice/ptsd.html
Screening for Mental Health, Inc.
Frequently Asked Questions. What are the signs
and symptoms of depression? http://www.mentalhealthscreening.org/dep/depfaq.htm
Screening for Mental Health, Inc.
National Institute of Mental Health.
International Critical Incident Stress
Foundation, Inc.
Attack on America: CISM Information and Resources
- http://www.icisf.org/911.htm
The World Responds - Images from the tributes left at various U.S. Embassies around the world http://www.google.com/thankyou/