For Responders and Relief Workers

• Key Concepts in Disaster Mental Health
  In this video mental health experts discuss the effects of disaster on individual and community mental health and define issues related to short and long-term treatment and recovery
• Managing Your Stress in Crisis Response Work
  The presenters in this video discuss self-care and stress management strategies for first responders, during and after a crisis
• Psychological First Aid Approaches
  This Chimera Cast provides information for crisis response professionals about how to provide psychological first aid in the first days, weeks, and months following a disaster.
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Disasters
  This Chimera Cast provides information for crisis response professionals about how to identify and manage post-traumatic stress disorder in individuals affected by a disaster.
• SAMHSA’s Katrina Assistance Project
  This project is being conducted in partnership with several national professional organizations that are identifying licensed mental health and substance abuse professionals who meet project criteria for possible deployment to the affected region.
• Publications for Responders and Relief Workers
  Resource materials for first responders, disaster relief workers, and other crisis response professionals who are assisting individuals and communities affected by disaster.