Shanthi Nataraj

Vanessa Parks

Rajeev Ramchand

Lynsay Ayer

Noreen Clancy

Andrew M. Parker

Melissa L. Finucane

Aaron Clark-Ginsberg

Alejandro U. Becerra-Ornelas

Tim Slack

Amanda F. Edelman

Elizabeth L. Petrun Sayers

Craig A. Bond

Amy E. Lesen

Regardt J. Ferreira

Leah Drakeford

Jacqueline Fiore

Margaret M. Weden

K. Brent Venable

A. Barrie Black

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill was the largest in U.S. history, releasing an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The scale of the disaster motivated diverse stakeholders to examine the human dimensions of the spill and how communities' resilience to similar threats could be improved. This examination is needed because, as long as humans depend on extracting oil and gas for energy, coastal regions are at risk for spills. In this report, the authors explore how communities, government officials, nongovernmental organizations, businesses, and scientists can build community resilience to large oil spills. Researchers found mixed evidence of distress associated with the DWH disaster and a variety of factors that affected the nature and severity of people's experiences.

Findings and Recommendations from a Synthesis of Research on the Mental Health, Economic, and Community Distress Associated with the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Building Community Resilience to Large Oil Spills

Michael Stephen Dunbar

Monique Martineau

Dana Schultz

Clare Stevens

Wing-Yi Chan

Michele Abbott

Rebecca Weir

Harry H. Liu

Daniel Siconolfi

Vivian L. Towe

This interim report presents preliminary evaluation findings for New York City's Connections to Care program, which seeks to expand access to mental health support for low-income New Yorkers via a task shifting model.

Interim Report

Evaluation of the Connections to Care (C2C) Initiative

Gail Fisher

Dionne Barnes-Proby

The scientific evidence on suicide postvention, guidance for other organizations, and the perspectives of military suicide loss survivors provide potential insights for U.S. Department of Defense policies and programs to respond to suicides.

Evidence, Policies and Procedures, and Perspectives of Loss Survivors

Suicide Postvention in the Department of Defense

Lynsay Ayer

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