The 17 papers in this collection originally were presented during the 7th Rocky Mountain Region Disaster Mental Health Conference held in Laramie, Wyoming, in November 2008. A wide range of topics are addressed, including: disaster mass care, alliances in all-hazards emergency management, mass casualty behavior triage, treating military service members and their families, native American culture and spirituality in treating native American veterans, linking disaster victims to resources, and planning for pandemics. The collection was edited by Doherty (CEO, Rocky Mountain Region Disaster Mental Health Institute. Annotation 2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
