Fact sheets and other helpful resources:

The following web sites offer a wide variety of fact sheets, phone numbers, and resources – including information related to helping children respond to crisis. Behavioral healthcare provider organizations may find these to be useful in developing community education programming or may want to consider putting fact sheets in waiting rooms or on their own web sites.

The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry site at http://www.aacap.org includes "Facts for Families" fact sheet on post-traumatic stress disorder.

The American Hospital Association provides links to "Emergency Preparedness Resources" at http://www.aha.org.

The American Psychiatric Association web page at http://www.psych.org includes press releases and fact sheets on the psychiatric dimensions of disaster.

The American Psychological Association at http://www.apa.org addresses questions such as when should I seek professional help, how should I help myself and my family, and how do I take care of children’s special needs.

The Child Welfare League of America offers tips for "Talking with Children about Disasters and Violence."  See http://www.cwla.org.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has:

The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) at http://www.nami.org offers links to local chapters as well as background such as "Helping Children Cope After a Terrorist Attack."

The National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems (NAPHS) at http://www.naphs.org has links about "Responding to Our National Crisis: There Is Help and Hope."

The National Association of School Psychologists offers extensive materials (many in languages other than English) at http://www.nasponline.org.  Among topics addressed are preventing suicide, promoting tolerance, recognizing severe trauma reaction, and helping children with special needs cope.

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) web site at http://www.naswdc.org includes a variety of resources and links, including an article on "Children's Response to Terrorism."

See the National Center for PTSD at http://www.ncptsd.org. See, for example, "Effects of Traumatic Stress in the Disaster Situation."

The National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association (NDMDA) at http://www.ndmda.org. offers links to local chapters' support groups and background on depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.

The National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH) web site at http://www.nimh.nih.gov/anxiety/ptsdmenu.cfm includes references to fact sheets related to post-traumatic stress disorder, helping children cope with violence and disasters, and other resources.   Additional links suggested by NIMH related to depression, anxiety, clinical trials, and other resources are available at http://www.nimh.nih.gov/outline/responseterrorism.cfm.

The National Mental Health Association (NMHA) at http://www.nmha.org offers facts on "Helping Children Handle Disaster-Related Anxiety" and "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder," among other resources.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) site at http://www.mentalhealth.org/cmhs/EmergencyServices/terrorism.htm includes links to multiple resources, including Spanish-language materials and ideas on "How to Help Children After Disaster."

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