Events around the world continue to present challenges for first responders and mental health professionals. This volume focuses on presentations made November 8-10, 2007, at the Rocky Mountain Region Disaster Mental Health Institute's annual Disaster Mental Health Conference.

Veterans in rural communities face unique challenges, who will step up to help?
Beginning with a brief scenario of a more gentle view of rural life, the book moves through learned information about families, children, and our returning National Guard and Reserve civilian military members. Return experiences will necessarily be different in rural and frontier settings than they are in suburban and urban environments. Our rural and frontier areas, especially in Western states with more isolated communities, less developed communication and limited access to medical, psychological and social...