In order to provide all the necessary assistance to professionals who follow life disruptive events on the ground – firefighters, military forces, health professionals, journalists – we disclose some potentially useful information when dealing with the trauma suffered.

 

Portuguese

• Remembering the 17th of june 2017: Quando o 17 se impôs às nossas vidas ...,, a text by Ana Araújo recalling the third anniversary of Pedrógão Grande´s wildfire.

• October 15, 2017: Os incêndios, um ano depois / Que suporte aos técnicos que intervêm em crises, desastres ou catástrofes? / 15 de outubro: um ano depois dos incêndios que mudaram Portugal (NOVO)

 

• Como lidar com um desastre natural (SNS; DGS & OPP) 

 

• Teste Rápido do Trauma Emocional

 

• Psicotraumatologia - As populações especiais: Crianças e Adolescentes - Curso elementar de Deslocados (ANAFS) 

 

 

English

 

• 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)

 

 

Espanhol: 

 

• Consejos para recuperarse de los incendios