Nebraska Disaster Behavioral Health

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The goal of the Disaster Behavioral Health Project is to develop human infrastructure in Nebraska to effectively mitigate or respond to the psycho-social consequences of terrorism and disaster. Read more...

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Resources

Nebraska Resources

Current State Plan
The purpose of this plan is to provide a framework for organizing the behavioral health response to disasters in Nebraska. Read more...

Publications
Publications by the University Nebraska Public Policy Center and others. Read more...

Additional Resources
Past conference materials, training, publications, and news items can be found here. Read more...

Outside Resources

Responders

Clinicians
Resources of interest to clinicians. Read more...

Chaplains
Resources from the Nebraska Ecumenical Disaster Response Network. Read more...

Regions
The state of Nebraska is split into disaster behavioral health regions. Read more...

State Team
NBHERT provides support and consultation to local response personnel relevant to behavioral health needs that arise following a disaster. Read more...

Recovery

Active Recovery Projects
Current projects include the Nebraska Strong and Neb'thaska Strong projects for the 2011 flooding. Read more...

Past Recovery Projects
Archive, including the 2008 floods. Read more...

Training and Education

Training and Education Materials

Current Opportunities
Opportunities for training, including Conferences, webinars, and training materials. Read more...

DBH Exercises
Situation manuals specific to Nebraska but that can be customized for other jurisdictions. Read more...

Psychological First Aid
Nebraska Psychological First Aid Training contacts and links to National Incident Management System Independent Study Program. Read more...

Videos

Nebraska’s Responder Peer-to-Peer Resilience Training Curriculum
Responders often lean on each other after disasters and critical events. This material is designed for peers to deliver prior to an event to foster resilience and support within their organizations.

Conference 2016
The 2016 Great Plains Disaster Behavioral Health Conference will be held in Omaha, Nebraska on July 29.

Disaster Behavioral Health: A New Field of First Responders
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