Lifeline Self Help Kits for traumatic situations

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Hi all and sundry,

Check out these self help kits from Lifeline:

http://www.lifeline.org.au/find_help/info_service/toolkits

They're short and simple. Anyone can use them. They're more directed at ordinary lay people. But health professionals might also find them handy. The kits are aimed at Australians. I still think some of the advice can be applied to anyone, regardless where they're living, though. So if you've got spare time, please consider giving the kits a look over. It's seriously worth it.

They have information on which services to contact for specific traumatic or stressful situations, including natural disasters. There's also simple information on easy things you can do to assist someone going through a crisis. The self help kits include information on coping with:

-suicide
-stress
-natural disasters (droughts and bushfires)
-domestic violence
-mental illness
-depression
-ADHD

There are also Aboriginal Australian specific self help tool kits on how to help people dealing with depression, grief, loss and suicide.