INTERNATIONAL CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS FOUNDATION
http://www.icisf.org

The International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, Inc. (ICISF) is a non-profit, open membership foundation dedicated to the prevention and mitigation of disabling stress through the provision of: Education, training and support services for all Emergency Services professions; Continuing education and training in Emergency Mental Health Services for Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Social Workers and Licensed Professional Counselors; and Consultation in the establishment of Crisis and Disaster Response Programs for varied organizations and communities worldwide.

CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT
http://www.vaonline.org/cism.html

Annotated links to Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) and Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) resources nationally and internationally.

AUSTRALIAN CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT AND PEER SUPPORT
http://www2.dynamite.com.au/ottdk

THE AUSTRALIAN TRAUMA WEB
http://psy.uq.edu.au/PTSD/trauma/traumaj.html

A list of sites, sources and documents thatyou may find interesting, all of which relate to Trauma or Post Traumatic StressDisorder (PTSD). At this time only those pages which DO NOT represent privatecompanies or profit making institutions have been listed. Many of the listedAustralian sites are at this server. Links to out of this server's tentacles aremarked as such.

ISTSS - INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR TRAUMATIC STRESS STUDIES
http://www.istss.org

ISTSS has formed alliances with related national and international organizations, including the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS), Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ASTSS) and the Association de Langue Française pour l'Etude de Stress Traumatique (ALFEST). ISTSS is active in the development of new national organizations around the world and the coordination and exchange of information and activities. ISTSS members enjoy additional benefits and access to global resources through reciprocity arrangements with these organizations.

VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA EMERGENCY SERVICES CISM TEAM
http://www.ses.vic.gov.au/ses-welfare.html

CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION AUSTRALIA INC (CISMFA)
http://www.cismfa.org.au/

The Critical Incident Stress Management Foundation Australia Inc (CISMFA) is a non-profit organisation, founded in 1998, designed to assist emergency services and allied organisations in the prevention and management of critical incident stress. CISMFA adopts a particular approach to Critical Incident Stress Management, known as the Mitchell model, and embraces the philosophies, principles and practices of the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation Inc.

TRAINING PROGRAMS - CRITICAL INCIDENT & STRESS MANAGEMENT
http://cygnus.uwa.edu.au/~gaianet/wb/wbpt.stress.html

Brief descriptions of the following training programs: Peer Support Skills, Peer Support Strategies for Emergency Services, Crisis Intervention, Critical Incident Stress Management, Basic CISM & Team Development, Stress Debriefing & Defusing Facilitation, Relaxation & Stress Management.

CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS DEBRIEFING PROGRAMME
http://www.eap-insteplimited.com/eap/critical_incident_stress_debriefing.htm

Instep offers organisations a critical incident stress debriefing or critical incident stress management response either as a separate programme or as part of comprehensive employee assistance cover. This can either be direct or complementary (about 48 hours after) to a victim support response which may be Police initiated.

RESOURCE GUIDE FOR CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS AND DEBRIEFING IN HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES
http://hna.ffh.vic.gov.au/phd/96ma124/

The resource guide has been developed by the Department of Human Services as a learning tool for non-government organisations. The guide describes critical incidents and the critical incident stress approach that is currently used throughout the Department, discusses strategies to mitigate critical incident stress, and offers management models to assist human services agencies in the support of staff involved in stressful and traumatic incidents in the workplace.

To search for books on disasters and disaster mental
health topics, critical incident stress management,
critical incident stress debriefing, post traumatic
concerns, crisis intervention, crises, and related topics
and purchase them online, click on the following:

https://www.angelfire.com/biz/odochartaigh/searchbooks.html

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Contact your local Mental Health Center or
check the yellow pages for counselors, psychologists,
therapists, and other Mental health Professionals in
your area for information on emotional impact and
assistance available in your area.
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Rocky Mountain Region
Disaster Mental Health Institute
Box 786
Laramie, WY 82073-0786

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