Virtual Library:
Disaster and Emergency Resources

After the Crisis: Healing from Trauma after Disasters: US The National GAINS Center - The Center for Mental Health Services (SAMHSA) - USA (2006)

Anniversary of the Disaster: Mental Health Issues and Interventions, The:  pdf  Myers, D - Disaster Response and Recovery: A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals. Rockville, MD: Center for Mental Health Services. - USA (1994)

Breaking Bad News  by Telephone:   Phuket Gazette

Burn Injuries in Child Abuse: Office of Juvenile Justice - USA (1997)

Community Crisis Response Team Training Manual: Young, Marlene, Ph. D. - National Organization for Victim Assistance - USA (1994) 2nd Edition

Compensation Protocol: A Guide to Responding to Mass Casualty Incidents:    Editor: Cowell, Terri - National Association of Crime Victims Compensation Board - USA (2000)

Coordination of Mental Health and Community Agencies in Disaster Response: Bowenkamp, Christine - International Journal of Emergency Mental Health 

Coping with Disaster - A Guidebook to Psychosocial Intervention: Ehrenreich, John - Mental Health Workers Without Borders (1999)

Crisis Management Briefings (CMB): Large Group Crisis Intervention in Response to Terrorism, Disasters, and Violence:   Everly, George - International Journal of Emergency Mental Health 

Darkness Over the Abyss: Supervising Crisis Intervention Teams Following Disaster: Lahad, Mooli - Traumatology Volume VI, Issue 4, (December, 2000) - USA (2000)

Design of Emergency Response Management Information Systems (The):   Turoff, Murray; Chumer, Michael; Van de Walle, Bartel; Yao, Xiang - New Jersey Institute of Technology - Tilburg University, Netherlands - USA (2003)

Disaster Planning, Emergency Preparedness & Business Continuity: Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York - USA (2007)

Disaster Response and Recovery - A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals: Myers, Diane - USA

Disaster Victim Identification Guide: Interpol (1997)

Family Recovery From Terror, Grief and Trauma: Dyregrov, Atle - Centre for Crisis Psychology - International Critical Incident Stress Foundation - Norway

Field Manual for Mental Health and Human Service Workers in Major Disasters:  FEMA - USA (2000)

Guilt Following Traumatic Events: Nader, K. - Gift from Within - USA (2002)

Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters: National Institute for Mental Health - USA

Identifying Victims Using DNA: A Guide for Families:    US Department of Justice - USA (2005)

Impact of Armed Conflict on Children:   Machel, Graça - United Nations 

It Can Happen to Your Agency!: Tools for Change: Emergency Management for Women’s Services: Editors: Baldwin, Morgan; Porteous, Tracy - B.C. Association of Specialized Victim Assistance and Counselling Programs - Canada (2001)

Lessons Learned From 9/11: DNA Identification in Mass Fatality Incidents:    Office of Justice Programs - US Department of Justice - USA (2006)

Mental Health Response to Mass Violence and Terrorism - A Training Manual:  US Department of Health and Human Services - USA (2004)

Metropolitan Firefighters and Emergency Services National Training Program: First-Responders to Incidents of Terrorism: Bureau of Justice Assistance - USA (1997)

Personal Services - Psychosocial Planning for Disasters:   Canadian Ministry of Health and Welfare, Emergency Services Division, Medical Services Branch - Canada (1992)

Police Death Notification Procedures and Survival Family Support:   Daniels, Janice - Detroit Police School of Staff and Command - USA (2002)

Protecting Children from Sexual Exploitation & Sexual Violence in Disaster & Emergency Situations: Delaney, Stephanie - ECPAT International - (2004)

Providing Relief to Families After a Mass Fatality - Roles of the Medical Examiner’s Office and the Family Assistance Center: Blakeney, Ray - US Department Justice, Office for Victims of Crime - USA (2002)

Psychological Services in Disasters:   Australian Emergency Management Institute - Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies - Australia

Psychology of Terrorism:   Borum, Randy - Department of Mental Health Law & Policy, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute - USA (2004)

Reaching and Serving Teen Victims: A Practical Handbook:   Nation Crime Prevention Council - National Center for Victims of Crime - USA (2005)

Recovery from Unnatural Death: Rynearson, Edward - Gift from Within - Virginia Mason Medical Center - USA (2002)

Resource Guide for Critical Incident Stress and Debriefing in Human Service Agencies:   Department of Human Services, Victoria - Australia (1997)

Responding to September 11 Victims: Lessons Learned From the States:    US Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime - USA (2005)

Responding to Victims of Mass Terrorism: Coordination and Collaboration between American Red Cross Workers and Crime Victim Service Providers:    Office for Victims of Crime - American Red Cross - USA (2005)

School Crisis Response Initiative: Schonfeld, David J.; Newgass, Scott - Office for Victims of Crime - US DOJ - USA (2003)

Secucities: Cities against Terrorism: Training Local Represenatives in Facing Terrorism: Esposito, Frédéric; Kułach-Aris, Justyna; Calfa, Roxana - European Forum for Urban Safety - European Union (2005)

Sexual Violence in Disasters: A Planning Guide for Prevention and Response:   Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault (LaFASA) - & National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) - USA (2008)

Terrorism - September 11, 2001 Trauma, Grief, and Recovery: Nader, Kathleen - Gift from Within - USA (2001)

Training Manual for Mental Health and Human Service Workers in Major Disasters: DeWolfe, Deborah - Federal Emergency Management Agency - USA (2000)

Treating Family Survivors of Mass Casualties: Flannery, R. - International Critical Incident Stress Foundation - International Journal of Emergency Mental Health - USA

TWA Flight 800 - Disaster Response: A Psychologist's Experience: Abraham,  Joseph - American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress - USA (1996)

Victim Assistance for American Citizens Overseas: A Program of the US State Department: Nady-Sigmon, Jane - The Victimologist Volume 6 Number 2 (2002) 

Victim Identification and Family Support in Mass Casualties: The Massachusetts Model:   Wright, Robert; Peters, Constance; Flannery, Raymond - International Journal of Emergency Mental Health, 1999, 1(4), 237-242

Victims' Guide to the International Criminal Court:   Reporters without Borders (2003)

Victims of Disasters - Helping People Recover—From Acute Distress to Healing and Integration: Parson, Erwin - Gift from Within - USA (2002)

Violence in the Workplace - Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - USA (1995)

When Helping Hurts: Ochberg, Frank - Gift from Within - USA (2001)

Working with Grieving Children After Violent Death: Young, Marlene A., Ph.D., J.D. - National Organization for Victim Assistance - Office for Victims of Crime - USA (1996)

Working with Victims of Crime with Disabilities:  Tyiska, Cheryl Guidry - - National Organization for Victim Assistance - Office for Victims of Crime - USA (1997)