NRCDV Logo
  • Adult Children Exposed to Domestic Violence
  • Runaway & Homeless Youth Toolkit
  • Prevent Intimate Partner Violence
  • Violence Against Women Resource Library
  • Domestic Violence and Housing Technical Assistance Consortium
  • Domestic Violence Awareness Project
  • National Resource Center on Domestic Violence

img-user-picture.png

 Create an account to save and access your bookmarked materials anytime, anywhere.

  create account  |   login

An Online Resource Library on Gender-Based Violence.

Mental Health Content Topic Results

The results displayed below have been grouped first by VAWnet Special Collections - containing our most highly valued resources - then by individual related materials. Refine your search by category, types, author and/or publisher using the options provided. Sort by date published, date added, or alphabetically. For assistance in locating a resource, use our online contact form.
Results displayed are grouped first by VAWnet Special Collections then by individual related materials. For assistance in locating a resource, use our online contact form.
total results: 234  | date published date added a-z

Materials

Materials
  • General Material

HeadsUpGuys

HeadsUpGuys is an online, anonymous resource specifically designed for men, and their families, to prevent the continued erosion of men’s mental health and deaths by suicide. It offers tips and articles that arm men with the tools they need to fight depression, as well as recovery stories from men who have faced depression, and an international therapist directory to connect men with local mental health professionals.
Materials
  • General Material

Employment Strategies: Trauma-Informed Care

Publisher(s):
This resource explores why being a trauma-informed workplace is crucial and also offers trainings and other resources for starting your organization's journey to becoming trauma-informed. 
Materials
  • General Material

Information for Mental Health Professionals

Publisher(s):
This document presents good practice tips for health care professionals working with patients who have been abused. The guidelines provide screening tips, highlight the negative effect of couples counseling in domestic violence situations, and present safety planning tips.
Materials
  • General Material

After the Storm - Tips for Parents

Publisher(s):
The job of parenting can become even more stressful after a natural disaster. These one-pagers provide information on healthy coping strategies to help parents regain a sense of control. Available in English and Spanish.
Materials
  • General Material
  • Training Tools

Activities Guide: Enhancing and Practicing Executive Function Skills with Children from Infancy to Adolescence

Publisher(s):
This guide describes a variety of activities and games that offer ways for adults to support and strengthen executive function and self-regulation in children.
Materials
  • General Material

Traumatic Brain Injury and Domestic Violence: What do professionals need to know?

Publisher(s):
This document provides information and relevant resources for the early detection of TBI among domestic violence survivors. It also offers an analysis of the intersection between brain injury and domestic violence as well as other relevant information.
Materials
  • Training Tools
  • General Material

Fact Sheets & Practical Tools for Advocates

Publisher(s):
These fact sheets provide information and practical tips to domestic violence advocates on working with survivors who are experiencing trauma symptoms and/or mental health conditions.
Materials
  • General Material

Healing-Centered and Trauma-Responsive Care Across Child Welfare for Better Youth Engagement

Author(s): Publisher(s):
This resource offers challenges and sample solutions that can help agencies consider how to improve engagement at their agencies by focusing on access to trauma-responsive and healing-centered care.
Materials
  • General Material
  • Training Tools

Brief Screening for Possible Brain Injury

Publisher(s):
This brief screening tool is used to determine if an individual has experienced a brain injury during the course of a domestic violence incident, or at any other time.
Materials
  • General Material

Homeless Women Veterans

Publisher(s):
Although homelessness plagues all veterans, the causes and consequences of having no home are different for women veterans. Young female veterans, including many with children, are increasingly joining the homeless population. Outreach that specifically targets female veterans is needed in order to ensure that these women receive the help they need.
Materials
  • General Material

Victimization of Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury or Other Disabilities: A Fact Sheet for Friends and Families

Publisher(s):
This fact sheet includes information about why people with traumatic brain injury are vulnerable to victimization and how to help those who are victimized.
Materials
  • General Material

Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Men Who Sustain Intimate Partner Violence: A Study of Helpseeking and Community Samples

Publisher(s):
This fact sheet highlights findings from a study on the associations between sustaining intimate partner violence (IPV) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in men. Experiences with helpseeking are also included.