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A Guide to Managing Stress in Crisis Response Professionals (SMA05-4113) Shopping Cart
Crisis response workers and managers—which include first responders, public health workers, construction workers, transportation workers, utilities workers, and volunteers—are unique in that they are repeatedly exposed to extraordinarily stressful events. This easy-to-use pocket guide focuses on general principles of stress management and offers simple, practical strategies that can be incorporated into the daily routine of managers and workers. It also provides a concise orientation to the signs and symptoms of stress.


After a Disaster: Self-Care Tips for Dealing With Stress (KEN01-0097) Shopping Cart
Covers things to remember when trying to understand disaster events, signs that adults need stress management assistance, and ways to ease stress.


After a Disaster: What Teens Can Do (KEN01-0092) Shopping Cart
Provides information for teens to help understand some of their reactions as well as others, to the terrorist events. Suggestions are also provided to help ease the unfamiliar feelings related to the event.


Anniversary Reactions to a Traumatic Event: The Recovery Process Continues (NMH02-0140) Shopping Cart
Anniversary Reactions to a Traumatic Event: The Recovery Process Continues describes common anniversary reactions among victims of traumatic events and explains how these reactions can be a significant part of the recovery process.


Anxiety Disorders (KEN98-0045) Shopping Cart
Anxiety disorders range from feelings of uneasiness most of the time to immobilizing bouts of terror. This fact sheet briefly describes generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, phobias, and post-traumatic stress disorder. It is intended only as a starting point for gaining an understanding of anxiety disorders.

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