Resources - Mental Health

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This page was last reviewed and updated on March 17, 2025

Mental Health Disaster Triage

PsySTART (Psychological Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment) https://www4.psystart.net/

WRAP-EM Mental Health Resources https://wrap-em.org/index.php/mentalhealth

Anticipate. Plan. Deter. Building Responder Resilience Instructor Guide (LA County EMS) https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/dhs/221064_AnticipatePlanandDeterInstructorManual-FINAL.pdf

Listen, protect, connect (LPC) Psychological First Aid System -- https://bit.ly/2OGCawo

Psychological First Aid Field Operations Guide (Dept of VA and NCTSN) http://bit.ly/3mQN1oo

Psychological First Aid for Schools Field Operations Guide (NCSTN) https://bit.ly/3WxiN80

Mental Health Help for Kids and Families

Helps Kids Cope (SAMHSA) https://www.nctsn.org/resources/help-kids-cope

Disaster Mobile App (SAMSHA): https://store.samhsa.gov/product/samhsa-disaster

Here for Each Other Family (Sesame Street) https://sesameworkshop.org/resources/here-for-eachother/

Stronger than the Storm: https://strongerthanthestorm.com/

Once I Was Very Very Scared (Piplo Productions) https://piploproductions.com/stories/once/#tve-jump-17af26b9a37

Pediatric Disaster Mental Health and Resiliency

National Children's Disaster Mental Health Concept of Operations (NCTSN). https://bit.ly/4lmC7ke

The Management of Children and Youth With Pediatric Mental and Behavioral Health Emergencies (AAP) https://bit.ly/3Ak1nUX

Pediatric Disaster Topical Collection: Mental Health Issues (AAP) https://bit.ly/3LQyr9D

Supporting the grieving child and family (AAP) https://bit.ly/4caxu6Q

Providing psychosocial support to children and families in the aftermath of disasters and crisis (AAP) https://bit.ly/3WuFl9E

Children and Disasters Technical Assistance Center (SAMSHA): http://bit.ly/40inliO

Helping Children Cope and Adjust After a Disaster (AAP) http://bit.ly/3Fw3Bk7

Tip Sheets for Children in Disaster in English and Spanish (Disastershock) https://www.disastershock.com/tip-sheets-1

Child Life Disaster Relief -- https://cldisasterrelief.org/

Coalition to Support Grieving Students: https://grievingstudents.org/

National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement -- https://www.schoolcrisiscenter.org/

National Child Traumatic Stress Network -- https://www.nctsn.org/

Child Mind Institute https://childmind.org/

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Disaster Liaison Network Library https://bit.ly/3C3qdFH

Resilient Children Resilient Communities Toolbox https://rcrctoolbox.org/