New Book on Acute Stress Disorder: For a good look at the current state of thinking about the management of acute stress disorder, see Acute stress disorder: A handbook of theory, assessment, and treatment , written by Richard Bryant and Allison Harvey (American Psychological Association press, 2000). This text includes helpful sections on theory, diagnosis, assessment tools, and legal issues related to ASD. The authors provide a comprehensive review of research examining the disorder, and their sections on treatment describe in great detail ? with therapist-patient transcripts ? the application of their empirically-supported methods of treating ASD and preventing development of PTSD.
Buy Acute Stress Disorder: A Handbook of Theory, Assessment, and Treatment.

Bisson, Jonathan I.
Is post-traumatic stress disorder preventable? [editorial].
Source: Journal of Mental Health (ISSN: 0963-8237), v. 6, no. 2, pp. 109-111 (April 1997).

Bryant, Richard A; Harvey, Allison Gay; Dang, Suzanne T; Sackville, Tanya; Basten, Chris.
Treatment of acute stress disorder: a comparison of cognitive- behavioral therapy and supportive counseling . Source: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, v. 66, no. 5, pp. 862-866 (October 1998).

Bryant, Richard A; Sackville, Tanya; Dang, Suzanne T; Moulds, Michelle; Guthrie, Rachel
Treating acute stress disorder: an evaluation of cognitive behavior therapy and supportive counseling techniques
American Journal of Psychiatry, November, 1999.

Burkle, Frederick M.
Title: Acute-phase mental health consequences of disasters: implications for triage and emergency medical services.
Source: Annals of Emergency Medicine (ISSN: 0196-0644), v. 28, no. 2, pp. 119-128 (August 1996).

Ford, Julian D; Chandler, Patricia; Thacker, Barbara G; Greaves, David; Shaw, David; Sennhauser, Shirley; Schwartz, Lawrence.
Family systems therapy after Operation Desert Storm with European-theater veterans.
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy (ISSN: 0194-472X), v. 24, no. 2, pp. 243-250 (April 1998).

Jenkins, Sharon Rae.
Social support and debriefing efficacy among emergency medical workers after a mass shooting incident. Source: Journal of Social Behavior and Personality (ISSN: 0886-1641), v. 11, no. 3, pp. 477-492 (September 1996).

Kudler, Harold S; Davidson, Jonathan R T.
General principles of biological intervention following trauma.
Source: Freedy, John R; Hobfoll, Stevan E (ed.). Traumatic stress: from theory to practice, pp. 73-101. New York: Plenum Press, 1995. (ISBN: 0-306-45020-8) (Plenum series on stress and coping.

Lundin, Tom.
The treatment of acute trauma: post-traumatic stress disorder prevention.
Source: Psychiatric Clinics of North America (ISSN: 0193-953X), v. 17, no. 2, pp. 385-391 (June 1994).

Mellman, Thomas A; Byers, Patricia M; Augenstein, Jeffrey S.
Pilot evaluation of hypnotic medication during acute traumatic stress response .
Source: Journal of Traumatic Stress (ISSN: 0894-9867), v. 11, no. 3, pp. 563-569 (July 1998).

Osterman, Janet E; Chemtob, Claude M.
Emergency intervention for acute traumatic stress.
Source: Psychiatric Services (ISSN: 1075-2730), v. 50, no. 6, pp. 739-740 (June 1999).

Parson, Erwin Randolph.
Mass traumatic terror in Oklahoma City and the phases of adaptational coping, part II: integration of cognitive, behavioral, dynamic, existential and pharmacologic interventions.
Source: Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy (ISSN: 0022-0116), v. 25, no. 4, pp. 267-309 (Winter 1995).

: Rose, Suzanna; Bisson, Jonathan I.
Brief early psychological interventions following trauma: a systematic review of the literature.
Source: Journal of Traumatic Stress (ISSN: 0894-9867), v. 11, no. 4, pp. 697-710 (October 1998).

Solomon, Susan D.
Interventions for acute trauma response.
Source: Current Opinion in Psychiatry (ISSN: 0951-7367), v. 12, pp. 175-180 (1999).

Turnbull, Gordon J; McFarlane, Alexander Cowell. Title: Acute treatments.
Source: Van der Kolk, Bessel A; McFarlane, Alexander Cowell; Weisaeth, Lars (ed.). Traumatic stress: the effects of overwhelming experience on mind, body, and society, pp. 480-490. New York: Guilford Press, 1996. (ISBN: 1-57230-088-4).

Ursano, Robert Joseph; Fullerton, Carol S; Norwood, Ann E.
Psychiatric dimensions of disaster: patient care, community consultation, and preventive medicine.
Source: Harvard Review of Psychiatry (ISSN: 1067-3229), v. 3, no. 4, pp. 196-209 (November-December 1995).

National Center for PTSD: The National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder mission is: To advance the clinical care and social welfare of America's veterans through research, education, and training in the science, diagnosis, and treatment of PTSD and stress-related disorders. This website is provided as an educational resource concerning PTSD and other enduring consequences of traumatic stress. Website includes online fact sheets for the public and for professionals, articles, and website links.

http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/topics/earlyintervention.html

International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, Inc.: International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit, open membership foundation dedicated to the prevention and mitigation of disabling stress through the provision of: Education, training and support services for all Emergency Services professions; Continuing education and training in Emergency Mental Health Services for the Mental Health Community; and Consultation in the establishment of Crisis and Disaster Response Programs for varied organizations and communities worldwide.

http://www.icisf.org/

Research Education in Disaster Mental Health (REDMH): Research Education in Disaster Mental Health (REDMH), funded by the National Institute of Mental Health in July 2003, strives to improve the quality and utility of disaster mental health research so that victims of disasters are better understood and served. The educational goals of REDMH are to inform, instruct, advise, and mentor disaster researchers. On this site you will find research summaries to inform the scientific community about topics salient after major disasters, instructional materials such as summaries from a book on research education in disaster mental health, contact information for those looking for advising on a particular project, and information about a mentoring program for promising newcomers to the field.

http://www.redmh.org/

Project Liberty: Project Liberty, which was created in 2001 to provide supportive crisis counseling to individuals and groups affected by the World Trade Center disaster, has phased down operations. This web site has been redesigned primarily to link individuals and groups to services that will help them to continue to cope with the aftereffects of the World Trade Center disaster.

http://www.projectliberty.state.ny.us/

Deployment Health Clinical Center:The Center core mission is to improve deployment health care by providing caring assistance and advocacy for military personnel and families with post deployment health concerns while simultaneously serving as a catalyst and resource for the continuous improvement of deployment health care across the Military Health System.

http://www.pdhealth.mil/about_dhcc.asp

National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN): Treatment centers from all over the United States have come together to form a new coalition, the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN). The Network, which is currently comprised of 54 centers, is being funded by the Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services through a Congressional initiative, the Donald J. Cohen National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative. This Congressional initiative recognizes the profound, destructive, and widespread impact of trauma on American children's lives. Its purpose is to improve the quality, effectiveness, provision, and availability of therapeutic services delivered to all children and adolescents experiencing traumatic events. The Network will develop and disseminate effective, evidence-based treatments; collect data for systematic study; and help to educate professionals and the public about the effects of trauma on children.

http://www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=hom_main

VA-Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guideline:: This set of recommendations includes guidance for the management of Acute Post-Trauma Stress in the early days after exposure to trauma in civilian (ASR) and in combat or ongoing military operations. Each module includes criteria useful to identify persons with stress reactions who have a greater probability of developing PTSD and who therefore would benefit from early brief intervention. The management of ASD and PTSD in primary care and mental health specialties includes recommendations for pharmacology and psychotherapy intervention

http://www.oqp.med.va.gov/cpg/PTSD/PTSD_Base.htm

Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress: The Center is working to increase knowledge of the consequences of trauma and disaster and to apply this knowledge to helping people cope with traumatic events. The Center provides education, consultation and training to the U.S. and its communities on the effects of trauma and disaster and individual and organizational recovery following these events while maintaining a wide-ranging, vigorous research program to extend our knowledge of the consequences of event-related stress.

http://www.usuhs.mil/psy/traumaticstress/newcenter.html