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Adolescents often overlook the risks of inhalants. Although they can be injured, suffer serious medical effects, or die any time they use inhalants, five in eight 8th-graders do not see great risk in trying them.
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American Counseling Association. Hurricane Katrina Information
counseling.org/hurricane

Americorps
www.americorps.org

Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
www.healthinschools.org

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Disaster Mental Health Primer: Key Principles, Issues, and Questions
www.bt.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/primer.asp

KidsHealth for Parents. Hurricane Katrina: How To Help
www.kidshealth.org/breaking_news/hurricane_katrina.html

National Association of School Psychologists. Coping in Unsettling Times
www.nasponline.org/NEAT/unsettlingtimes.html

National Child Traumatic Stress Network
www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=hom_main

National Institute of Child Health & Human Development. Helping Children Cope With Crisis: A Workbook for African American Families
www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/hccc/helping_children.htm

National Institute of Mental Health. Coping With Hurricane Katrina
www.nimh.nih.gov/about/dirupdate_hurricanekatrina-coping.cfm

National Institute of Mental Health. Information on Coping With Traumatic Events
www.nimh.nih.gov/healthinformation/traumaticmenu.cfm

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Mental Health Information Center. Hurricane Katrina and Disaster Relief Information
www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/katrina/

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Mental Health Information Center. Tips for Talking About Traumatic Events
www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/TraumaticEvents/tips.asp

UCLA School Mental Health Project, Center for Mental Health in Schools. Responding to a Crisis
http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/crisisresp.htm

U.S. Department of Education. Hurricane Help for Schools
www.ed.gov/news/hurricane/index.html

U.S. Department of State. Talking With Youth About War, Crisis, and Natural Disasters
www.state.gov/m/dghr/flo/c8894.htm

 

 

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Reviewed on 9/13/06