Uncategorized

Category

Psychology of a Crisis – CDC

US Department of Health and Human ServicesCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)CERC Manual 2019 CDC’s Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication (CERC) manual is based on psychological and communication sciences, studies in issues management, and practical lessons learned from emergency responses. The CERC manual is intended for public health response officials and communicators who have a basic knowledge of public health communication, working with the media and social media, and local and national response structures. For complete manual Psychology of...

I am Adam Lanza’s Mother

It’s time to talk about mental illness Originally Published in The Blue Review: Popular Scholarship in the Public Interest Liza Long 12.15.2012 Friday’s horrific national tragedy—the murder of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in New Town, Connecticut—has ignited a new discussion on violence in America. In kitchens and coffee shops across the country, we tearfully debate the many faces of violence in America: gun culture, media violence, lack of mental health services, overt and covert...