Some Therapists Caution That Trauma Services Could Backfire: “…(I)n an open letter to their colleagues distributed this weekend, a group of psychologists questioned whether the ministrations of a therapist are what all people want or need now, at a time when stress, fear, anger, uncertainty and grief are entirely normal, and when the full impact of what has happened has not yet sunk in. And they cautioned that thrusting help on people instead of letting them seek it themselves might in some case do more harm than good.” New York Times

Other psychological dimensions of response, courtesy of Phil Agre:

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Disaster Mental Health Guidebook

Training Manual for Mental Health and Human Service Workers in Major Disasters

Helping Children Cope with Disasters and Trauma (video)

Primary Care Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: The Burden to the Individual and to Society

Comorbidity of Psychiatric Disorders and PTSD

Advice on Communicating with Children about Disasters

Law Enforcement Traumatic Stress

Psychiatric Dimensions of Disaster

National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

The Child Survivor of Traumatic Stress

Recovering From Disasters and Other Traumatic Events

information on bereavement