DISASTER & TRAUMA SITES
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Canadian Traumatic Stress Network
The home page for the
new and growing association serving front-line workers,
disaster planners, mental health professionals, and all who are
interested in understanding and responding to
traumatic stress.
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The
American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress.
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established a standard for its Board
Certification of professionals, across
disciplines, who regularly work with survivors of
traumatic events --. Membership includes
professionals from over one hundred specialties
in the health-related fields, emergency services,
criminal justice, forensics, law and education.
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David Baldwin's Trauma Info Pages
, the
most informative site on PTSD and related topics.
Includes About Trauma
- an overview of the psychology of trauma with
links to further information on specific aspects;
Trauma Resources - full texts of
many important papers and articles on traumatic
stress and its treatment, plus links to other
sources; Supportive
Information - advice and
many links to support for victims of various
trauma; Disaster Handout
& Links.
A huge resource, a labour of love which we very
much appreciate for its invaluable contents and
fine organization. If you are ever looking for
information on trauma or disaster, this should be
your first stop.
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Disaster Resources Web Site
provides access to information on disaster preparedness
and recovery for the State of Illinois and the
Internet community. Information for educators,
professionals, and the general public is
available for viewing and downloading, along with
links to information from a variety of state and
federal agencies, educational institutions,
relief organizations, and information networks.
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APA Disaster
Response Network
A pro-bono service of the American Psychological
Association and its members with the American Red
Cross, Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA), state emergency management teams and
other relief groups. Member volunteers have
worked on every major disaster the USA has
experienced and many smaller disasters. Long-term
goals are to continue providing necessary
short-term crisis services following disasters,
to eventually train the entire network in a
national, crisis intervention course and to
expand the network
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EPIX - The Emergency Planning
Information Exchange
Centre for Policy Research on Science and Technology,
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC. Disaster
planning in Canada and internationally, complete
links to local and world resources on disaster
planning.
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Global
Health Disaster Network It is
a sister page of Global Health Network
(University of Pittsburgh) by the Department of
Emergency Medicine, Ehime University School of
Medicine, Ehime University, Ehime, Japan.
Intentions: (1)
Establishment of a global disaster directory to include
everyone involved in disaster relief worldwide
who has an e-mail address.
(2) Establishment of disease telemonitoring
capabilities. (3)
Provision of educational and training programs
available through the Internet.
(4) To network all Non-Government Organizations
and government agencies: The Global Health Unit for
Disaster and Relief Coordination.
(5) Establishment of a disaster information
server. A repository of data and information where organizations and
individuals can find disaster information in
different languages
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Grant Devilly's
PSYCH TRAUMA PAGES . from the
Psychology Department at The University of
Queensland. Great
presentation of useful trauma links and material
developed in Australia.
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International
Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters the
official journal of the International
Sociological Association's Research Committee on
Disasters and has long been one of the more
respected and useful academic journals dealing
with disaster management. The journal Web site
offers information about the journal, article
submission, contents of recent issues, upcoming
articles, book reviews, special issues, and
subscribing to the journal.
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International
Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) "provides
a forum for the sharing of research, clinical
strategies, public policy concerns and
theoretical formulations on trauma in the United
States and around the world. ISTSS is dedicated
to the discovery and dissemination of knowledge
and to the stimulation of policy, program and
service initiatives that seek to reduce traumatic
stressors and their immediate and long-term
consequences."
Information about ISTSS, complete texts of issues
of Stress Points, the quarterly
newsletter, Tables of Contents of the Journal
of Traumatic Stress, membership application,
and links to selct trauma resources.
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NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center - the
"Disaster Finder," ... "a complete
index to the best disaster Web sites on the
Internet." It covers over 400 disaster
information sites, and, using a keyword/concept
search facility or category/type menu buttons,
users can quickly identify specific sites
providing the information they need. The sites
found by using the search engine are prioritized
according to their probable suitability, and the
Disaster Finder even provides short previews of
the selections so that individuals can see what
kind of information is available.
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The U.S.
National Center for PTSD
on the World Wide Web, includes access to the
PILOTS Database
(THE database on PTSD), a substantial portion of the
PILOTS Database User's Guide,
and staff directories for several National Center
divisions . If you seek references on any aspect
of PTSD, then if one exists, you will likely find
it on the Pilots database. You can download
references or abstracts to your own computer. A
tremendous resource.
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Natural Hazards Center : access
to disaster information compiled by this US
Federal agency. Lists of Hazards Center
publications, full texts of working papers, and
Hazards Research & Applications Workshop
summaries, topical bibliographies, and the
electronic journal, Disaster
Research.
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Project Safeside The
American Red Cross and The Weather Channel have
launched a joint project in an effort to teach
the public about the dangers of severe weather,
how to prepare for it, and what to do when it
occurs. Using brochures, broadcasts, lectures,
and the Internet, the project will address
floods, hurricanes, lightning, tornadoes, and
extreme heat.
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- Victim-Assistance
Online, an
excellent resource developed by Randy
McCall, Windsor, Ontario. Great
page design, you will find a resource table which
provides access to a vast number of pages of
information relevant to victims and their
assistance, from Lost/Abused Children, to Support
Groups, to Care for the Caregiver, and the most
complete list Directories of VA Services. You can
also find how to subscribe to the VA E-Mail Forum, the internet discussion
group for VA workers.
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