Helpful Links
Links
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
The NCTSN website provides information about multiple topics pertaining to child traumatic stress, the impact of various types of traumatic experiences, and treatment. It offers numerous resources for family members, caregivers, school personnel, and professionals.
National Center for PTSD
Although this is a U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs’ website, it offers a ton of general information about PTSD, the treatment of trauma, and resources for family members.
SMART Recovery
Traumatic events can result not only in Post-Traumatic Stress but also as other mental health problems. In fact, Post-Traumatic Stress often co-occurs with other problems, such as depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and substance abuse. This website provides resources, online support, and information about recovery from addiction—including local meetings.
Trauma Division of the American Psychological Association
This website is useful to professionals, as well as anyone interested in learning more about trauma. It provides fact sheets about trauma in various populations, including veterans, older adults, male survivors of sexual abuse, the LGBTQ community, and others. It also keeps a database of mental health apps for coping with various difficulties, including anxiety, Post-Traumatic Stress, mindfulness, and emotional management.
Sesame Street in Communities
A wonderful and interactive website, which offers resources, activities, and games that help families explore and communicate about difficult topics such as coping with divorce, grief and traumatic experiences. Users can enter the site and explore the contents as child mental health professionals/providers or as parents/caregivers.