Crisis In The American Heartland -- Disasters & Mental Health In Rural Environments / Crisis In The American Heartland (ePub)

George Doherty resides in Laramie, WY where he founded the Rocky Mountain Region Disaster Mental Health Institute, Inc. He is currently employed as the President/CEO of this organization and also serves as Clinical Coordinator of the Snowy Range Critical Incident Stress Management Team.


He has been involved with disaster relief since 1995, serving as a Disaster Mental Health Specialist with such incidents as the UP train wreck in Laramie, Hurricane Fran in North Carolina, the Cincinnati floods in Falmouth, KY and Tropical Storm Allison in Southeast Texas. He served as Supervisor for Disaster Mental Health for flash floods in Ft. Collins, and spent a month as the Red Cross Disaster Mental Health Coordinator for western Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane George.


He has also published numerous articles in disaster mental health and traumatic stress publications and served as Guest Editor for two Special Editions of the journal Traumatology (1999 & 2004).


He served as an officer in the US Air Force and was an OTS instructor, squadron commander and other positions. Additionally, he served 11 years involved in Air Search & Rescue with Civil Air Patrol (US Air Force Auxiliary) in WY as Squadron Commander, Deputy Wing Commander, Air Operations Officer, and Master Observer. He is a Certified Instructor with the Wyoming Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST).


He has extensive experience conducting CISM debriefings with first responders and others and is a member of a national crisis care network, providing assistance to companies and other organizations following critical incidents involving sudden deaths and similar traumatic events.


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