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MENTAL HEALTH Materials provided here are neither intended nor suitable for individuals needing practical assistance with specific mental health problems of their own or of friends/family/colleagues. For such situations, people should contact local mental health agencies, doctors, or other health care professionals. Some access points are provided here.

Center for Science in Society

• Asset Building in a Time of Uncertainty
  A variety of thoughts, resources, and opportunities for dialogue regarding asset-based perspectives and responses to the events on and following September 11, 2001.

• US Department of Health and Human Services
  Homepage lists links to resources on how to help, how to get help, contacts and other information relating to the disaster response.

• Disaster Mental Health Services
  From SAMHSA, this page offers resources and links to service information regarding the provision of mental health assistance following a disaster. Topics include tips for takling about disasters, technical assistnace materials, program guidance, mental health services locator and news.

• NASW
  A continually updated webpage offering disaster information, including coping with trauma - how citizens can get help, how social workers can get involved, NASW statement on the tragedy and publications and resources.

• Response to Terrorist Attacks Against American
  From NIMH this page provides information on PTSD, anxiety and depression, as well as additional resources and information provided in Spanish.

• Disaster Coping Resources
  Links to several Internet resources to help deal with the September 11th tragedy.

• Coping Advice for Adults
  Links to resources providing information on how to cope with your emotional reactions, how to keep them from escalating to more serious problems, and when to seek professional help.

• Disaster Mental Health: Dealing with the Aftereffects of Terrorism
  A page of links to resources for both professionals and for the public.

• Resources for Dealing with the Global Tragedy
  From the Boston College of Social Work, this page offers resources for coping with the tragedy, children and tragedy, and current news.

• Tips for Primary Care Physicians
  Suggestions for physicians when talking to patients about trauma. Includes common reactions, mental health issues of concern, and how to reduce patient stress.

• Helping Your Workforce Cope and Return to Work
  Suggestions for employers to help them identify signs of emotional impact, what employers can do, and key messages to give to staff.

• In Times of Terror: Who Takes Care of the Psychotherapists?
  A page presenting suggestions for mental health professionals to deal with their own feelings regarding the recent tragedy.

• Coping With the Aftermath
  Suggestions for how someone with an anxiety disorder or any person can cope in a changed world following the recent tragedy. Includes a forum discussion.

• Forum
  An Internet forum that includes discussion groups on various issues related the recent attacks.

• Coping in the Workplace
  What you can do to cope in your workplace and how to help your employees if you're the employer.

• Tips for College Students
  Suggestions for ways in which college students can cope with the recent disaster. Links provided to additional resources for college students to obtain further assistance.

• Tips for Adults
  Suggestions for adults to deal with disaster, including responses and what you can do.

• Coping With Terror
  From MSNBC, this article offers information on recognizing common responses, both immediate and long-term, to the disaster. Suggestions for dealing with this stress is also provided.

• Helping Children After A Disaster
  A fact sheet from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry explaining possible ways children may react following a disaster and ways adults can respond.

• Helping Kids Cope
  How you can help children cope and what to do if post-traumatic stress symptoms emerge.

• Some Things to Consider When Talking About This Disaster With Your Children
  From the Parent Encouragement Program, this website offers suggestions for helping chidren cope with this specific tragedy.

• Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters
  From NIMH, this page offers information on children and adolescents and trauma, how they react to trauma, providing assistance, PTSD, treatment of PTSD, and related resources.

• Experts Weigh-In On Helping Children Deal With the Violence
  Links to resources offering professional advice on helping adults and children deal with the traumatic events related to the September 11th tragedy.

• Talking to Kids About The Recent Tragedy
  How to respond to fears and questions children may have following the September 11th disaster or any disaster.

• Talking to Children About Terrorism
  Links to serveral articles offering suggestions from professionals on ways to present the topic of terrorism to children.

• Grieving Child Guide
  Links to sites that offer information to help people working with a grieving child.

• Grief: The Dagger in the Heart
  An article discussing the grief process and suggestions for making the processless difficult.

• Bereavement and Grief
  Page includes information on various issues related to dealing with loss, including coping, mourning, knowing what to expect, living with grief, and helping others grieve.

• Grieving
  Information on grieving from American College of Physicians and American Society of Internal Medicine. Contents include understanding the problem, when to get help, how to help yourself, considering obstacles and making and carrying out a plan.

• The Grieving Process
  Developed as site for college students, this page provides information for students or anyone regarding the steps involved in the grieving process, how to cope, and how to help a grieving student.

• Health Grieving
  This page, developed by a college counseling center, explains grief, ways people experience grief, and how to help yourself through grief. Recommended reading list.

• How to Support Children and Ourselves During Crisis at Home and School
  From the Center for Grieving Children, this page provides information on grief and children, activities and books for grieving families, and greif in the workplace.

• Teenage Grief
  A non-profit organization that provides expertise in providing grief support to bereaved teens.

• Bereavement.net
  A website devoted to grief information. Contents includes information on support groups, workshops, reading list, publications, and a special page specifically dealing with coping with grief and loss following the September 11th tragedy.

• Grieving Child
  orking with a grieving child requires special care.

  A list of linkst o sites offer information to help.

• The Federal Emergency Management Agency
  A site offering comprehensive information on current news surrounding the September 11th disaster. Topics include disaster information for victims, prevention and preparations, as well as emergency management information.

• The American Red Cross
  Information about the disaster services being provided as well as information regarding victim/survivor connections, ways to access local Red Cross units for response, and setting up blood drives.

• FirstGov
  Site includes governmental information regarding the tragedy, including government responses , a search of government websites, victim benefits and assistance, what you can do, leads and clues, and finding people.

• The New York Times
  Current news regarding the September 11th disaster and ongoing issues related to the event. Updated daily.

• TIME
  Current news regarding the September 11th disaster and ongoing issues related to the event. Updated daily.

• The Washington Post
  Current news regarding the September 11th disaster and ongoing issues related to the event. Updated daily.

• NPR
  Current news regarding the September 11th disaster and ongoing issues related to the event. Updated daily.

• Being a Supportive Friend to a Grieving Person
  Recommended intervention, as well as common mistakes, for dealing with a friend who is grieving.

• Bereavement and Loss
  From FEMA, this page discusses the stages of grief and how to come to terms with your grief.

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These resources lists are being compiled by Christine Tubiak, working with Paul Grobstein, Department of Biology, and James Martin, School of Social Work and Social Research, at Bryn Mawr College. Suggestions for additions to the list are welcome, as are more general thoughts about how to most effectively make available information, and promote conversation, about issues of mental health. Contact ctubiak@brynmawr.edu - pgrobste@brynmawr.edu - jmartin@brynmawr.edu.


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