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***New Article*** National Incident Management System

ArticleEarly Psychological Intervention Points of Consensus Document

ArticleOttenstein: Providing Assistance in the Aftermath of the Asian Tsunami Mitchell: Asian Tsunami Response

Article: Crisis Intervention and Critical Incident Stress Management: A defense of the field

Article: Crisis Intervention and CISM: A Research Summary

Article: The Meaning of Assistance (html)

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Article:  Psychological Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Review

Article:  Five Principles of Crisis Intervention: Reducing the Risk of Premature Crisis Intervention

Article:  Critical Incident Stress Management and the Assaulted Staff Action Program

Relevant link: Helping Children Cope After Disaster

Article: Crisis Intervention: A Review

Article:  Psychopharmacology and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Article / speech text:  WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND TERRORISM: MENTAL HEALTH CONSEQUENCES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PLANNING AND TRAINING

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Article: Bringing Your Crisis Team Home After a Disaster: Post Action Staff Support (PASS) - NEWLY REVISED

Handout:  The ICISF CISM Information Pamphlet (Adobe Acrobat .pdf format)

Article:  Coordinating a Multiple Casualty Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Response Within a Medical/Surgical Hospital Setting (Adobe Acrobat .pdf format)

Article:  The Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Process for the Los Angeles County Fire Department: Automatic and Effective  (Adobe Acrobat .pdf format)

Article:  Coordination of Mental Health and Community Agencies in Disaster Response (Adobe Acrobat .pdf format)

Article:  Treating Family Survivors of Mass Casualties: A CISM Family Crisis Intervention Approach, (Adobe Acrobat .pdf format)

Handout:  Critical Incident Stress Information Sheet (Adobe Acrobat .pdf format)  Includes: "Signs and Signals", "Things to Try" and "For Family Members and Friends".

Article:  The Debriefing Controversy(Adobe Acrobat .pdf format)

Article:  Family Recovery From Terror, Grief and Trauma

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Handout / article:  Victim Identification and Family Support in Mass Casualties: The Massachusetts Model (Adobe Acrobat .pdf format)

Handout / article:Children's Reactions and Needs After Disaster

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Handout / article:  Terror: How to Talk to Children

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Article:  It is Neither New Nor News

It is Neither New Nor News in html format

Article: THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISASTER: MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND INTERVENTIONS

Article:  Anniversary Self-Aid and Buddy Care for Those Who Helped 

Article:  The Anniversary Dilemma

Article:  After the Fall, JEMS 09/02 used with permission