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SPRING EDITION 2024 Honoring Our Volunteers

FEATURING: Take the 2024 Strengthening Our Trauma Informed Learning Community Survey, the Maine Resiliency Center, events, & more.

SUMMER EDITION 2024 We're Hiring

FEATURING: We're searching for a Disaster Behavioral Health Coordinator, A Place for Connection and Support, Health Care Coalition of Maine (HCCME), events, & more.

FALL EDITION 2024 We're Hiring

FEATURING: We're hiring a Disaster Behavioral Health Coordinator, Evidence-Based Practices
Resource Center, How Teens Use Trauma Services, events, & more.

FALL EDITION 2023 Responder Safety and Health Survey

FEATURING: Take the 2023 Responder Safety and Health Survey, Get Social with AdCare & more.

FALL SPECIAL EDITION 2023 Disaster Behavioral Health Preparedness

FEATURING: Community and Responder Resources for Mass Violence Incidents & more.

FALL EDITION 2023 Disaster Behavioral Health Preparedness

FEATURING: Responder Safety and Health Training: Psychological First Aid Training, Managing Staff Stress & more.

FALL EDITION 2023 Disaster Behavioral Health Preparedness

FEATURING: Honoring National Preparedness Month and National Recovery Month, the 2023 Maine Responds Conference, & more.

SPRING EDITION 2023 Disaster Behavioral Health Preparedness

FEATURING: Wellness and Sleep Hygiene, Psychological First-aid Training, Updates, Upcoming Events & more.

SUMMER EDITION 2023 Disaster Behavioral Health Preparedness

FEATURING: 2022 Responder Safety and Health Survey Findings, Healthcare Coalition of Maine, Updates, Events & more.

In the News: UMFK Class Prepares Students for Work in Disaster Behavioral Health

Artcile on how Disaster Behavioral Health Training prepares tomorrow’s workforce.

FALL SPECIAL EDITION 2022 Disaster Behavioral Health Preparedness

FEATURING: We're hiring, 2022 Responder Safety & Health Survey, Updates, Upcoming Events & more.

FALL EDITION 2022 Disaster Behavioral Health Preparedness

FEATURING: National Preparedness Month, Maine Responds, Healthcare Coalition Updates, Upcoming Events & more.

SPRING EDITION 2022 Disaster Behavioral Health Preparedness

FEATURING: National Volunteer Week, Self-care and support, Healthcare Coalitions Update, Upcoming Events & more.

SPECIAL SPRING EDITION 2022 Disaster Behavioral Health Preparedness

FEATURING: Spring training, taking Care of the Compassionate Care Team, and resources for self-care and support.

WINTER EDITION 2021
Disaster Behavioral Health Preparedness

FEATURING: Spiritual Care Corps, Vaccination Efforts, Maine Works to Address COVID-19 Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities, and other resources.

Join us in wishing Kathleen all the joy and fulfillment that a happy retirement can bring!

More than a year ago, retirement was close for Maine’s Disaster Behavioral Health Coordinator, Kathleen Wescott, LFMT.

SPRING EDITION 2021
Disaster Behavioral Health Preparedness

FEATURING: Responder Safety and Health Survey Launched, Taking Care of Yourself and Your Team, Vaccination Efforts, Healthcare Coalition Updates, and more.

SUMMER EDITION 2021
Disaster Behavioral Health Preparedness

FEATURING: New Disaster Behavioral Health Coordinator, responder survey, resiliency & stress management, national prepardness month.

FALL EDITION 2021 Disaster Behavioral Health Preparedness

FEATURING: Maine Responds Volunteer Response Effort, Maintaining Mental Health Awareness, Upcoming Events & more.

EARLY WINTER EDITION 2020
Disaster Behavioral Health Preparedness

FEATURING: Volunteer Summit, PTSD and Aging, and other resources.

LATE WINTER EDITION 2020
Disaster Behavioral Health Preparedness

FEATURING: Resources on Coronavirus, Training Updates, and other resources.

SUMMER EDITION 2020
Disaster Behavioral Health Preparedness

FEATURING: Psychological First Aid for Schools, Volunteer Insights, COVID-19 resources and more.

FALL EDITION 2020 Disaster Behavioral Health Preparedness

FEATURING: Adjusting to change this holiday season, Health Volunteers Active in Their Communities, and more.

SPRING EDITION 2019
Disaster Behavioral Health Preparedness

FEATURING: Trainings, Volunteer week information, and other resources.

FALL EDITION 2019
Disaster Behavioral Health Preparedness

FEATURING: Trainings, Update Maine Health Coalition, and other resources.

FALL EDITION 2018
Disaster Behavioral Health Preparedness

FEATURING: PFA Trainings, Vaccine Clinics, Mass Casualty Incidents and other resources.

SPRING EDITION 2018
Disaster Behavioral Health Preparedness

FEATURING: Featured managing violence, opiate addiction resources, flood resources and more.

WINTER EDITION 2018
Disaster Behavioral Health Preparedness

FEATURING: Featured trainings, readiness technology, disaster prep, other resources and more.

SUMMER EDITION 2017
Exercises and Trainings

FEATURING: Featured trainings, Behavioral Health Providers Survey, Medicare and Medicaid Programs, resources and more.

SPRING EDITION 2017
Disaster Mental Health

FEATURING: Training information, Planning and Functional Access Needs, Tips for responders, Exercise Opportunity and more.

WINTER EDITION 2016
Preparing for the Holiday Season

FEATURING: Resiliency in disaster behavioral health, public health preparedness exercises, ensuring readiness and building resistance.

FALL EDITION 2016
September is National Preparedness Month

FEATURING: CMS Rule Changes, Planning Behavioral Health Treatment, Parental Grief and PTSD and cognitive decline.

SPRING EDITION 2016
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month

FEATURING: Transition to Maine Responds, Activities for Children to Promote Recovery after Disaster, trainings, and more.

WINTER EDITION 2015
Thank You to Maine's Disaster Behavioral Health Volunteers

FEATURING: Social Vulnerability, Katrina - 10 years later, and Natural Disaster & Severe Weather Resources.

FALL EDITION 2015
Disaster Behavioral Health Retreat Training

FEATURING: Suicide Awareness Resources, CASPAR and PsySTART Assessments, and TIP 10.

SPECIAL EDITION 2015 Volunteers need to self-register in Maine Responds.

FEATURING: Maine Prepares for Summer, Community Resilience, and Maine DBH Response Plan.

SPRING EDITION 2015
Strengthening your emotional well-being ahead of the flood

FEATURING: TAP 34, Safety After a Flood, and Planning for Vulnerable Populations.

WINTER EDITION 2014
Know the signs of stress and fatigue

FEATURING: Volunteers Respond to Fire, Maine Ebola Response Plan, and other Ebola Info & Resources.

SPRING EDITION 2014
New Disaster Behavioral Health Resources

FEATURING: Tips to Help College Students Cope, Regional Meetings, and Local Trainings.

SPRING EDITION 2014
New Disaster Behavioral Health Resources

FEATURING: Tips to Help College Students Cope, Regional Meetings, and Local Trainings.