Mental Health Resources
Supporting Behavioral Health Before, During, and After Emergencies.
Access training materials, guidance documents, toolkits, and other resources that support behavioral health preparedness, workforce resilience, disaster response, and recovery for healthcare organizations across the Tampa Bay region.
Supporting the People Behind the Response
Behavioral health is an essential component of healthcare preparedness. Emergencies and disasters can have lasting impacts on patients, families, healthcare workers, and entire communities. Preparing for these challenges requires more than clinical response. It requires planning, education, resilience, and access to trusted resources.
The Tampa Bay HMPC provides mental health and behavioral health preparedness resources to help healthcare organizations strengthen workforce resilience, support disaster response, promote recovery, and improve coordination before, during, and after emergencies.
Coalition Mental Health Resources
Browse the coalition’s collection of behavioral health planning documents, training materials, guidance, webinars, exercises, and supporting resources developed to strengthen preparedness across the healthcare community.
WHY MENTAL HEALTH PREPAREDNESS MATTERS
Strengthening Healthcare Resilience
Healthcare professionals often work in high stress environments where disasters, public health emergencies, and critical incidents can significantly affect emotional well being and organizational performance. Building resilience before an emergency helps organizations better support their workforce while maintaining continuity of care.
Workforce Resilience
Support healthcare professionals with tools and strategies that promote resilience, reduce stress, and strengthen overall wellbeing before, during, and after emergencies.
Disaster Behavioral Health
Prepare organizations to recognize and address the behavioral health impacts disasters may have on patients, families, responders, and healthcare personnel. Disaster behavioral health should be integrated into preparedness, response, and recovery planning.
Recovery Support
Access resources that help organizations and communities recover from traumatic events while supporting long term emotional and psychological wellbeing.
Training & Education
Build knowledge through planning resources, educational materials, and practical guidance that support behavioral health preparedness across the healthcare system.
Training Supports Stronger Response
Preparedness is not a one time event. Ongoing education, collaboration, and practice help healthcare organizations respond faster, recover more effectively, and better protect their communities during emergencies.
Using These Resources
Practical Resources for Healthcare Organizations
These resources are intended to support emergency preparedness planning, workforce resilience initiatives, staff education, exercises, and operational planning. Coalition members are encouraged to incorporate applicable guidance into their own preparedness activities and use these materials to strengthen behavioral health support throughout their organizations.
DISASTER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
Preparedness Extends Beyond Physical Response
Behavioral health is a critical part of disaster preparedness. Healthcare organizations should be prepared to address the emotional and psychological impacts emergencies can have on patients, families, caregivers, responders, and healthcare workers. Planning ahead helps organizations strengthen resilience, support recovery, and maintain continuity of operations during challenging events.