Mental Health Content Topic Results

This document provides steps to help reduce anxiety.

This is a document provides information on helping children recover from trauma. It provides links to resources and training modules for early childhood educators.

Natural disasters such as tornados, or man-made tragedies such as bombings, can leave children feeling frightened, confused, and insecure. Whether a child has personally experienced trauma or has merely seen the event on television or heard it discussed by adults, it is important for parents and teachers to be informed and ready to help if reactions to stress begin to occur. This guide is for parents, caregivers, and teachers.

This study sought to establish the prevalence and correlates of intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization in the six months before and after Hurricane Katrina. Reports of IPV were associated with greater risk of post-Katrina depression and posttraumatic stress disorder.

This brochure provides basic information related to military sexual trauma and eligibility to apply for benefits. Available in English and Spanish.

This document reports on the SAMSHA initiatives to promote appropriate care for young people involved in the juvenile justice or child welfare systems who have experience trauma. 

This 2-page fact sheet includes information about the incidence of MST, its emotional and financial costs, and other valuable information highlighting the devastating effects of this problem.

This page highlights research on the link between past and recent abuse with poorer HIV treatment access and outcomes for women.

PTSD and TBI are not new issues to domestic violence advocates. NRCDV's March 2012 TA Question of the Month examines the implications to the domestic violence field of PTSD and TBI among veterans who return home to their partners and families.

This document contains resources that you can use to locate additional supports for survivors who are experiencing mental health or substance abuse conditions.

When a victim of domestic violence (DV) has a traumatic brain injury (TBI), it is important to consider the effects of the TBI in safety planning. Screening for TBI may identify the need for an evaluation. This handout provides background information on brain injury, assistance with identifying existing injuries, and details to provide appropriate help for victims of domestic violence who have sustained brain injuries.

This tool uses questions and discussion prompts to guide agencies through a self-reflective process, beginning with imagining how accessible, culturally relevant, and trauma-informed (ACDVTI) work might be carried out in their organization, and then thinking through the first steps and additional resources that will be needed for creating change.