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Healing and Remembrance Program Will Assist 9/11 Victims and Families During 10th Anniversary
http://www.9-11healingandremembrance.org
May 17, 2011
September 11th victims and families will have a new resource to assist them during the 10th commemoration ceremonies. The 9/11 Healing and Remembrance Program funded by the US Department of Justice and administered by the NYC Mental Health Association, will offer a variety of services including: a 24 hour hotline; travel and lodging; and a website containing information about upcoming 9/11 events as well as tips on how to cope with anniversary-related stress.
Enrollment began on April 4 and will continue until July 1, or until all available slots are filled. For more information, click on the link or call the hotline at: 866-212-0444.
StoryCorps
http://www.storycorps.net
The September 11th Initiative
The September 11th Initiative honors and remembers the stories and people affected by the events of September 11, 2001. These interviews will be housed in the permanent collection of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center. StoryCorps regularly conducts interviews at two soundproof booths in New York City, one in Grand Central Terminal and one in Lower Manhattan at Foley Sqaure. They also have two mobile recording booths that travel the country. All StoryCorps StoryBooths are designed to be safe, quiet, comfortable spaces where participants can talk and listen to each other. Make a reservation whenever you feel moved to record your story by calling 646-723-7027. To view a schedule of availability, or if you prefer to make a reservation online, click here.
Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR)
http://www.emu.edu/cjp/pti/star/
January 26, 2011
The STAR program was developed at the the Center for Justice & Peacebuilding (CJP) of Eastern Memonite University. The STAR program is designed to teach participants strategies for handling post-traumatic stress and leading others beyond traumatic events, informed by the latest trauma healing research from the fields of neurobiology, psychology, restorative justice, conflict transformation, peacebuilding, and religion/spirituality. To learn more, Click on link.
Mental Health Association of Westchester County
www.mhawestchester.org
The Mental Health Association of Westchester County, Inc. (MHA), founded in 1946, is a voluntary, not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting mental health through advocacy, community education and direct services. The direct services the organization offers include treatment, counseling and support, rehabilitation, and education. For more information, please call (914) 345-5900 x245.
The 9/11 Mental Health and Substance Abuse Program
http://www.9-11mentalhealth.org/
Providing financial assistance for the cost of mental health and substance abuse treatment.
Created by the September 11th Fund and the American Red Cross and now managed by the Mental Health Association of New York City (MHA), this program offers financial assistance with the cost of mental health and substance abuse treatment to those directly affected by the attacks, regardless of insurance or immigration status. Coverage is retroactive to 9/11/01. Call the toll-free hotline at (800) LIFENET.
Read more about the Mental Health Benefit
Northern Virginia Family Services
http://www.nvfs.org/
Now in its sunset phase, the Survivors' Fund Project has provided effective, long-term case management services to more than 1,100 survivors of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The program now offers a variety of group programs to help survivors continue their recovery. For more information contact Meredith McKeen, Manager of Group Services for the Survivors Fund Project at 703-219-3971 or mmckeen@nvfs.org.
APA Journal Special Edition Examines Psychological Impact of 9/11 Over Ten Year Period
http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/amp-9-11-intro.pdf
July 25,2011
A team of psychologists examine the social, political and psychological impacts of the nation’s worst terrorist attack in a special issue of APA’s flagship journal, American Psychologist. This special issue is: “9/11: Ten Years Later,” Roxane Cohen Silver, PhD, Special Issue Coordinator/Editor; American Psychologist, Vol. 66, No. 6. Click on link to read the introduction.
David Baldwin’s Trauma Information Pages
http://www.trauma-pages.com
This website focuses primarily on emotional trauma and traumatic stress, including PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder) and dissociation, whether following individual traumatic experience(s) or a large-scale disaster.
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