The 2005 Rocky Mountain Region Disaster Mental Health Institute Conference was held October 20-22 in Estes Park, Colorado. A major focus of this conference was on the effects of the Tsunami in the Indian Ocean and related topics on disaster response. The proceedings include the papers presented as well as summaries of additional presentations.

Below is a list of the titles of the papers printed in this publication:

• Women's Mental Health: Post-Disaster - Racheed Pradhan

• Stress Debriefing: Helpful or Harmful? - John Durkin, MSc

• Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR) as A Companion to Critical Incident Stress Management & Debriefing - Nancy L. Day, CTS, CTM

• Traumatic Incident Reduction: Primary Resolution of the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Robert H. Moore, Ph.D.

• Children, Disasters and Trauma Treatment - Sheryl L. Brickner, PhD LPC LAC RPT/S

• Cross-cultural Intervention Techniques Post Tsunami - Patricia Justice

• Tsunami: Where Do We Go From Here? - George W. Doherty

Additional Presentations Briefly Summarized in this publication:

• Keynote Speaker: Daniel Click - Implications of a Warming Planet: Disaster as a Growth Industry

• Keynote Speaker: Lt. Stewart Anderson - Tsunami Response: A Personal Perspective

• Keynote Speaker: Kevin Furlong, PhD - Natural Disasters in the Classroom: Hollywood Versus Reality

• Presenter: Sarah Gundle, PsyD - Using Poetry to Treat Trauma: A Group Approach

• Presenter: Anita Berardi Maher, PhD - Maximizing Team Cohesion: Herding Cats While Honoring Individuality

• Presenter: Susan McGroarty, PhD - Group Dynamics in a Deployed Trauma Team

• Presenter: Sgt. David Smith - The Gatekeeper Program: Saving One Life

These Proceedings are available in two forms:

Printed Copy: $15.00 per copy

CD: $15.00 per CD

Printed Copy plus CD $25.00

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