Tip sheets
How to treat a gunshot wound until help arrives
Knowing how to care for yourself or someone else could save a life.
Firearm injuries
Common injuries and the consequences of them.
Understanding active shooter incidents
Insight on how to recognize, respond and recover.
Understanding explosions
Guidance for dealing with suspicious packages and tips for addressing events.
Coping with the aftermath of a shooting
How to address your emotions, find balance and move forward.
Coping with a traumatic event
What happens to you following a distressing or traumatic incident is a personal thing.
Common reactions to crisis
Responses may seem unusual for you, but some reactions are not uncommon.
Coping with grief after community violence
Information on how to deal with your grief while also addressing it together as a group.
Grief and loss
Recognizing and addressing the often complex process.
Understanding cumulative grief
Simultaneously grieving multiple losses makes the process difficult and complex in unexpected ways.
Reducing the intensity of stress
If left unaddressed, stress can continue to build and affect your health and ability to cope with life.
Long-term needs for coping after mass violence
Recovering may take time, and it may require you to learn how to adapt in new ways
Supporting survivors of violent loss
Survivors who lose a loved one to violence may feel many emotions that differ from or are more intense than those associated with traditional grief.
Helping a grieving colleague
Tips for what to say or do when you don’t know what to say or do.
Grief at work: a guide for employees and managers
Tips for connecting with and supporting those in the workplace.
Grief at school: a guide for school personnel
Information about how children experience grief and tips on helping those affected by loss.
After a tragedy: what kids can do
Steps kids can take to address their mental health after going through a tragic event.
When a parent loses a child
Tips for handling overwhelming emotions when you can’t imagine ever getting through such a loss.
Talking to kids about death
Many people hesitate to talk about death, particularly with kids. To help them, we must let them know that it is okay to talk about it.
10 ways to build resilience
Resilience can help offset factors that increase the risk of mental illness.