In order to provide as much help as possible to all professionals in the field who follow disruptive life events - firefighters, military, health personnel, journalists - we release some information that may be useful in dealing with the experienced trauma.

 

• Tragedies & Journalists (Dart Center)

• The comprehensive guideline on mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) in disaster settings (OPSIC-Project Operationalising Psychosocial Support in Crisis SEC-2012.4.1-2 )

• PROBLEM MANAGEMENT PLUS (PM+): Individual psychological help for adults impaired by distress in communities exposed to adversity (WHO)

• Parent Guidelines For Helping Children Impacted By Arson & Fires (NCTSN)

• The Science of Firescapes: Achieving Fire-Resilient Communities (BioScience)

• Disasters: Bushfire Resources (Australian Psychological Society)

• Recovering from disasters (InPsych - Australian Psychological Society)

• Psychological outcomes following the Victorian Black Saturday bushfires (Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry)

• Vicarious Trauma (Excerpted from Understanding and Addressing Vicarious Trauma)  - (Headington Institute)

• Lessons learned about psychosocial responses to disaster and mass trauma: an international perspective

• PS Flooding (Psychosocial Centre)

 

Spanish: 

• Consejos para recuperarse de los incendios