Newsletter Archive 2011-2024

Summer 2021

  • Organizational Resilience and Making Meaning: During COVID-19 and Beyond
  • Strategies for Building Resilient Workforces
  • Research Brief: Troubling Data on Worker Well-Being 
  • Save the Date! - 17th Annual Institute for Disaster Mental Health Conference -
    From 9/11 to Covid-19: Lessons from Two Decades of Disaster Response

Spring 2021

  • 2020 Webcast Highlights: How Long Has Your “Check Engine” Been Light On? Enhancing Your Understanding of Yourself and Stress During COVID-19
  • Self-Care That Actually Works
  • Fight Caution Fatigue!
  • Research Brief: Coping with COVID-Related Sleep Problems

Fall 2020

  • The DMH Training Challenge: Maintaining Readiness for Traditional Disasters Amid the Pandemic
  • Research Brief: Understanding and Addressing Sources of Anxiety Among Health Care Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Additional Resources

Fall 2019

  • Understanding and responding to Traumatic Loss and Bereavement 
  • Supporting Survivors after Traumatic Loss
  • Disaster Distress Helpline: An Essential Service in Disaster Emotional Care
  • Lessons Learned from Counseling in Chaos 
  • Research Brief: Secondary trauma and posttraumatic growth among mental health clinicians involved in disaster relief activities following the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan
  • Preventing and Managing Stress

Spring/Summer 2019

  • Protecting and Promoting Children's Resilience to Extreme Adversity when Facing Violence and Disasters
  • Taking Charge of Vicarious Trauma & Work-Related Distress
  • Stress Mitigation: Management and Leadership Roles in Promoting Organizational Resilience 
  • Communicating Effectively with Victims and Families: A Workshop for Emergency Repsonse Professionals
  • Creative Approaches to Engaging Children in Trauma Processing 
  • Psychological First Aid: NY Train-the-Trainers Delivered Statewide
  • Research Brief: Involving Children in Disaster Risk Reduction

Fall 2018

  • The Psychological First Aid- New York Training Initiative
  • Why Train in PFA?
  • In the World of Psychological Support, What's in a Name?
  • PFA Practice: What Would YOU Do?
  • Research Brief: PFA is Evidence-Informed, Not Evidence-Based

Fall 2017

  • Superstorm Sandy and the Changing Scope of Weather Events: What Have We Learned?
  • Hurricane Sandy's Impact
  • Hurricane Readiness: Building your Tech To-Go Bag

Summer 2017

  • Supporting People with Functional Needs 
  • Lack of Physical Activity Adds to Children's Post-Disaster Issues
  • Federal Preparedness Goals for Assisting Children 
  • Assisting Special Populations: Older Adults
  • Long-Term Impact of Disaster Response on Counselors

 

Spring 2017

  • Why Infectious Diseases?
  • Keynote: Just When You Thought It Could Not Get More Complicated!
  • Behavioral Health and Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Lessons from the Field
  • Lessons Learned: Treating Ebola In Bellevue Hospital

 

Winter 2017

  • Training Summary: Mental Health Consequences of Infectious Disease Outbreak
  • IDMH’s Conference “Psychosocial Response to Pandemic Disasters, Infectious Diseases and Bioterrorism”
  • Research Brief: Fear-Related Behaviors in the 2015 Ebola Outbreak

 

Fall 2016

  • Maintaining Preparedness Between Disasters
  • Keep Training Your Personnel Keep Your Own Plans Up to Date
  • Dr. Amy Nitza Takes Helm at the IDMH
  • Training: Mental Health Consequences of Infectious Disease Outbreak
  • Research Brief: Can Imagining Disaster-Related Distress Motivate Preparedness?

 

Summer 2016

  • Fighting Fear with Facts: Lessons for Helpers in Infectious Disease Outbreaks
  • Crisis Counseling after the Sandy Hook School Shooting
  • Talking to Survivors after Traumatic Loss
  • Children and Media:The Hidden Stressor
  • Maintaining Responder Resilience through Extreme Disasters: Self-Care Beyond Lip Service
  • Introducing the New Fundamentals of Disaster Mental Health Practice Training

 

Spring 2016

  • The National Transportation Safety Board’s Family Assistance Model –The Big Picture
  • Understanding Traumatic Bereavement
  • When Planes, Trains, and Buses Crash: Multiple Response Perspectives
  • Aviation Accident Case Study Workshop
  • Engaging Faith Communities in Crisis Settings: Increasing Religious Literacy and Competency 
  • A New York State Structured Mental Health Response to Disaster

 

Winter 2016

  • Training Highlights:
  • Responding to a Mass
  • Shooting Incident
  • The Role of Disaster Behavior
  • Health (DBH) Following a Mass Shooting Incident
  • Research Brief: Impact of a Mass Shooting Response on ED Staff

 

Fall 2015

  • Supporting People with Functional Needs
  • Continuing Education Resources
  • Training - “Disaster Mental Health Response to a Mass Shooting Incident: Victims, First Responders and Community”
  • Research Brief: Emergency Preparedness among People with Disabilities

 

Summer 2015

  • Ten Years after the Storm: Long-Term Mental Health Effects of Hurricane Katrina
  • Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon: The Threat of Cumulative Trauma
  • Katrina-Based Reading
  • Guest Feature Article - Katrina Revisited: Understanding Catastrophic Events
  • DMH Training – Disaster Mental Health Response to a Mass Shooting Incident: Victims, First Responders and Community
  • Research Brief: Long-Term Impact of Disaster Response on Counselors

 

Spring 2015

  • Summary of IDMH Conference - "Preparing for the Health and Mental Health Consequences of Climate Change"
  • Research Brief: Potential Pitfalls in Scientific Communication

 

Winter 2015

  • Preparing for the Effects of Climate Change
  • IDMH Conference "Preparing for the Health and Mental Health Consequences of Climate Change"
  • Research Brief: How Young People Cope with Climate Change

 

Fall 2014

  • Fighting Fear with Facts: Lessons for Helpers in Infectious Disease Outbreaks
  • Ebola Resources
  • Research Corner: Nursing Ebola Patients in Central Africa

 

Summer 2014

  • Children and Media: The Hidden Stressor
  • Federal Preparedness Goals for Assisting Children
  • Research Brief: Lack of Physical Activity Adds to Children's Post-Disaster Issues

 

Spring 2014

  • 11th Annual IDMH Conference Presentation Summaries
  • Research Brief: How Does Your Website Rate?
  • Survey Invitation: Share Your Views on Warnings

 

Winter 2014

  • Technology Round-up
  • 11th Annual IDMH Training & Conference
  • Research Brief: Family Communications during Deployment

 

Fall 2013

  • Maintaining Responder Resilience through Extreme Disasters: Self-Care beyond Lip Service
  • Lessons from Disaster Response Veterans
  • Project Hope – A Long-term Mental Health Response to Sandy
  • Research Corner: The Importance of Psychological Preparedness

 

Summer 2013

  • Crisis Counseling after the Sandy Hook School Shooting
  • Disaster Mental Health (DMH) Collaborative Planning
  • The SAFE Act and You: DMH Helpers' Reporting Responsibilities
  • Resources for Helpers after a Mass Shooting

 

 

Spring 2013

  • From Radiological Incidents to Nuclear Calamities: Social, Behavioral, and Risk Communication Issues in Radiation Emergencies
  • New York State's Response toRadiological Catastrophes
  • Understanding Post-Blast Human Behavior: Disaster Mental Health Overview
  • Radiation Preparedness Resources

 

Winter 2013: Hurricane Sandy Special Issue

  • Loss and recovery at South Beath Psychiatric Center
  • American Red Cross Response to Sandy
  • Disaster's Toll on Healthcare Workers

 

Fall 2012

  • Mass Casualty Incident overview
  • Talking to Survivors After Traumatic Loss
  • Small plane crash case study
  • Research: Dual Process Model of Coping with Bereavement

 

Spring 2012

  • Leadership in crisis
  • Special populations: People with disabilities
  • Research: People with disabilities in Katrina
  • IDMH conference report

 

Winter 2012

  • Mental health response to public health emergencies
  • Special populations: Children and families
  • Research: Impact of responding to health emergencies on helpers

 

Fall 2011

  • PFA in the field post Hurricane Irene
  • ARC and UHS response to Irene
  • Special populations: People with serious mental illness
  • Research: Posttraumatic growth survey

 

Summer 2011

  • 9-11 Healing and Remembrance Program
  • Special populations: Older adults
  • Research: Costs and benefits of helping

 

Spring 2011

  • Preparing for 9/11 anniversary reactions
  • Lessons learned from disaster since 9/11
  • Research: 9/11 and young children
  • ICS overview