Disaster Resources
LA Fires & Wind Storm January 2025
General Disaster Resources
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Services
SAMHSA Disaster Technical Assistance Center
Skills for Psychological Recovery (SPR) Online - The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Help Kids Cope - The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Training - The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Chronic, cyclical disasters - Model for Adaptive Response to Complex Cyclical Disasters
Types of Debriefing Following Disasters - PTSD - PTSD: National Center for PTSD
ASSYST Complete Online Training - Scaling Up - Acute Stress Syndrome Stabilization (ASSYST) Procedures
PsySTART - (Psychological Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment) A reliable triage tool for determining the right level of care for mental health response to disasters.
Hotlines for Those Directly Affected by Disasters
Disaster Distress Helpline for Immediate Crisis Counseling - SAMHSA
Resources for Families & Educators
Help Kids Cope - The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
There Was A Hurricane - Hurricane Helene Book for Kids
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Helping Adults and Children Cope with a Disaster - American Psychiatric Association
What is Climate Distress & How can Parents Support Their Children? - mochi4theplanet
What is Climate Distress & How can Educators Support Their Students? - mochi4theplanet
The Parents’ Guide to Climate Revolution - New World Library
What happens to kids when their schools are destroyed? - Vox
Yes, you should prepare your kids for climate disasters - Vox
Coping After a Natural Disaster - Zero to Three
Mental Health Resources for Those Directly Affected by Disasters
Compassionate Tips on Coping with Pet Loss - Center for Pet Loss Grief
PTSD Coach App - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Skills for Psychological Recovery - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Resources for Clinicians Serving Clients Affected by Disasters
The F.A.S.T. Lab - Stanford Medicine
PTSD Coach App - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Skills for Psychological Recovery - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Climate Disaster Articles
'I Have Rights:' How Undocumented Laborers Are Exploited During Disaster Recovery - Gizmodo
Across a Hundred Muddy Hollers - Progressive.org
A new kind of chaplain is helping people deal with 'climate grief' - NPR
Emergency responders struggle with burnout, budgets as disasters mount - Stateline
Five essential elements of immediate and mid-term mass trauma intervention: empirical evidence - PubMed
Grief, Hope, Joy: Faith in the Time of Climate Change - Inside Climate News
How to recover when a climate disaster destroys your city - Nature.com
Implementation of trauma and disaster mental health awareness training in Puerto Rico - Nature.com
Just Disaster Response - Climate & Community Institute
Learning Phases of Collective Trauma - ICTG - Getting Leaders Restorative Strategies to Grow after Loss
Project 2025 & Emergency Management: Direct Impacts to FEMA - Disasterology
The surprisingly powerful force that can help people after a natural disaster - The Washington Post
Therapists also recovering from Hurricane Helene have more empathy for clients - NPR
The U.S. has a love-hate relationship with immigrants. In the face of climate catastrophe, they deserve so much more. - Possibilities
What is the real toll of natural and climate disasters? Science has staggering new answers - Devi Sridhar | The Guardian
Wildfire Resources & Articles
These devastating fires are taking a toll on our mental health. Here’s how to know when to seek help - LAist
How one community approached collective healing after a disastrous wildfire - Generation Dread
Indirect death toll from the LA fires may end up in the thousands - Yale Climate Connections
The Disaster Behavioral Health Response to Wildfires - New Jersey Hope and Healing Podcast
Mental Health and WildFires - UC San Diego Health
Parent Guidelines for Helping Children Impacted by Wildfires - The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Tips for managing your distress related to wildfires - American Psychological Association
Trinka and Sam: The Big Fire - The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (Available in English, Greek, Portuguese, Spanish)
Wildfires & Mental Health - CPA-NA and the Climate Psychiatry Alliance
Wildfire Smoke Mental Health Toolkit - Climate Psychiatry Alliance
Wildfire Trauma Resources for Families and Children- The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Hurrricane Resources & Articles
There Was A Hurricane - Hurricane Helene Book for Kids
Therapists also recovering from Hurricane Helene have more empathy for clients - NPR
Across a Hundred Muddy Hollers - Progressive.org (mutual aid)
Hurricanes Take Heavy Toll on Mental Health for Survivors - National Centers for Environmental Information
The effect of hurricanes on mental health over the long term - Economics & Human Biology Volume 1
Drought Resources & Articles
The Mental Health Outcomes of Drought: A Systemic Review & Causal Process Diagram - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
New Insights Into the Relationship Between Drought and Mental Health Emerging From the Australian Rural Mental Health Study - Frontiers Psychiatry