Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

This Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Disaster Behavioral Health Information Series (DBHIS) installment focuses on disaster-specific preparedness and response. The collection includes an annotated bibliography with links to each resource, as well as a helpful links section, which includes links to organizations, agencies, and other resources that address disaster-specific preparedness and response. The annotated bibliography is organized into three categories: (1) Disaster-Specific Information, (2) General Preparedness, and (3) General Response.

Resources are organized as follows:

• Annotated Bibliography
• Disaster-Specific Information—Up-to-date information on disaster preparedness and response for specific disaster types
• Drought
• Earthquake
• Flood
• Hurricane
• Pandemic Influenza
• Radiation Exposure
• Technological Disaster
• Terrorism
• Tornado
• Tsunami
• Wildfire

• General Preparedness—Resources on general preparedness that can be applied to any type of disaster
• General Response—Resources on general response that can be applied to any type of disaster

• Helpful Links

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