National Help Articles for Support after Various Disasters

Disasters take many forms and so do the responses people may have to them.  Here are some national resources and links that address general and specific disasters. 

Disaster Resources from the APA (American Psychological Association), ACA (American Counseling Association), Red Cross, FEMA and more

• Disasters, general
  • Recovering emotionally from disaster, APA
  • Recovering Emotionally, Red Cross
  • Building Your Resilience
  • Children Cope with Disaster
  • Coping with Disaster
  • Taking Care of your emotional health after a disaster
  • Coping with Feelings of Isolation and Alienation in Times of International Conflict
• Aftermath of mass violence; shootings and explosions:
  • Managing your distress in the aftermath of a shooting
  • Coping in the Aftermath of a Shooting
  • Helping your children manage distress in the aftermath of a shooting
  • Managing traumatic stress: Recovering from explosions
  • Explosions: what one can do before, during and after an emergency
  • Building resilience to manage indirect terror exposure
• Earthquakes
  • Tips and Tools, pre-post eathquakes
  • Managing distress about earthquakes from afar
• Floods
  • Manage Flood-Related Distress by Building Resilience
  • Strengthening Your Emotional Well-Being-manage flood-related fears and anxiety
• Fires
  • Tips for managing distress related to wildfires
  • Recovering from Wildfires
• Tornadoes and Hurricains
  • Managing Traumatic Stress: After the Tornadoes
  • Managing Traumatic Stress: After Hurricanes
  • Tornadoes, Hurricanes, and Children