Disaster Behavioral Health

Disaster behavioral health actions during the preparedness phase primarily focus on planning, training, and exercising public health capabilities that mitigate the behavioral health impacts of disaster. Plans that strengthen pre-existing systems, build on the daily delivery of health and behavioral health care, and address reimbursement requirements are essential to effective disaster response.

ASPR provides guidance and training as needed and/or as requested on disaster behavioral health preparedness, response, and recovery planning for at-risk individuals; behavioral health force protection; and community resilience. .

• Planning for Psychiatric Patient Movement During Emergencies and Disasters
• Building Workforce Resilience through the Practice of Psychological First Aid – A Course for Supervisors and Leaders
• Disaster Behavioral Health Capacity Assessment Tool
• Disaster Behavioral Health Coalition Guidance
• American Indian and Alaskan Native Disaster Preparedness Resource
• 2016 HHS Disaster Behavioral Health Concept of Operations

Primary care providers, emergency responders, early care and school age providers and educators and others delivering behavioral health support in the affected community may benefit from training, technical assistance, support, and referral points for disaster behavioral health services.

• Fostering Psychological Resilience: Innovative Strategies and Best Practices from the Medical Reserve Corps
• Behavioral Health Tips for Responders: Maintaining Calm at a POD
• Communication in Crisis Fact Sheet
• Disaster Behavioral Health
• Disaster Response for Homeless Individuals and Families: A Trauma-Informed Approach
• Delivering Gender-Informed Health Services in Emergencies
• Promoting Stress Management for Pregnant Women during the Zika Virus Disease Outbreak: A Resource for Healthcare Providers

ASPR provides subject matter expertise, coordination and consultation support to ensure that behavioral health needs are identified and addressed within the public health and medical response efforts via provision of training, guidance, and educational and policy documents.

• Creating a Caring Workforce Culture: Practical Approaches for Hospital Executives ^New!
  
• Disaster Behavioral Health: Current Assets and Capabilities
• Disaster Behavioral Health: Federal Response and Assets
• Building Public Private Partnerships to Enhance Disaster Resilience: A Listening Session
• Roundtable on the National Health Security Strategy and At‐Risk Individuals, Behavioral Health, and Community Resilience
• Mental Health and Wellbeing Chapter of “The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment”

• Effective Use of 911 for Emergencies During Telehealth Sessions: Tips for Behavioral Health Clinicians
• Preventing and Addressing Moral Injury Affecting Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Behavioral Health Guidance and Resource
• Older Adults - Isolation Resources Fact Sheet
• Telehealth for Behavioral Clinicians
• Managing Stress Among Mortuary and Death Care Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Healthcare Workers Grief Guidance: Death of Colleague
• Healthcare Workers Grief Guidance: Multiple Patient Death
• Resources for Medication Assisted Treatment for Consumers with Substance Abuse Disorders during the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Talking With Patients About Advance Directives During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• COVID-19 Hospital Resource Package
• Managing Patient and Family Distress Associated with COVID-19
• Mitigate Absenteeism by Protecting Healthcare Workers’ Psychological Health and Well-being during the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Mental / Behavioral Health COVID-19 Resources
• Working From Home During COVID-19 Outbreak
• Practical Leadership Tips
• Health Promotion to Enhance Healthcare Worker Performance During COVID-19

COVID-19 Behavioral Health Resources

• COVID-19 Vaccine Planning and Distribution: Disaster Behavioral Health Principles and Supports
• Health Promotion to Enhance Healthcare Worker Performance During COVID-19
• The Exchange Issue 12: COVID-19 and Healthcare Professional Stress and Resilience
• ASPR TRACIE Mini Modules to Relieve Stress for Healthcare Workers Responding to COVID-19
• COVID-19 Workforce Virtual Toolkit: Resources for Healthcare Decision-Makers Responding to COVID-19 Workforce Concerns

ASPR/TRACIE Behavioral Health Topic Collections

• ASPR/TRACIE Behavioral Health Compendium
• Topic Collection: COVID-19 Behavioral Health Resources