Links & Additional Resources:

"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost always a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent" - Calvin Coolidge

Colleagues

David Baldwin’s Trauma pages has links to trauma articles, support systems, disaster material, an explanation of trauma, web sites of organizations dealing with trauma, web sites with hundreds of research articles on trauma. http://www.trauma-pages.com

Dr van der Kolk is director of the Trauma Center at Harvard University and one of the leading researchers and experts on trauma and its impact. He has published numerous books and articles, some of which are available on his website at: http://www.traumacenter.com

Dr. Charles Figley is a leading research and expert on trauma. He interviewed hundreds of soldiers after the Vietnam War and helped to establish the diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress. He has established journals which publish articles on innovation treatment techniques, and The Traumatology Institute which sends mental health professionals to provide free services at disaster sites. He has published numerous articles on trauma. His web site is: http://mailer.fsu.edu/~cfigley/

Vince McNally: http://www.traumareduction.com/

http://www.fsu.edu/~gcp/ - Green Cross Project: a group that provides support for disasters.
http://www.ncptsd.org/facts/disasters/fs_earlyint_disaster.html - National Center for PTSD; extensive resources and research articles

Law Enforcement

http://www.geocities.com/stressline_com/police_stressline.html - Police stressline; articles about police stress (has additional links)

http://www.grandlodgefop.org/links/other.html - Links to multiple sites of interest

http://www.virginiacops.org/Articles/Stress/Stress.htm - Article on Stress—The Silent Cop Killer

Fire Fighters/EMS

http://www.2computerguys.com/medical/ptsd.html - Article and research on PTSD in frontline professionals

http://www.geocities.com/HOTSprings/1216/stress.html - Stress and suicide in the EMS

http://www.usuhs.mil/psy/firefighter.html - Psychological responses of rescue workers

http://www.district.north-van.bc.ca/eswsl/www-911.htm - Gives links to 2333 sites in emergency services, however loads very slowly

http://www.tunstallfd.org/otherlinks.htm - Gives many links to Fire and EMS sites

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