For more than 60 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has responded to a broad spectrum of natural and human-caused disasters, including food- and waterborne illnesses, disease outbreaks, chronic health challenges, terrorism incidents, hurricanes, and earthquakes. Until recently, the highly educated professionals who deploy to hot spots around the world received little training on how to deal with the potential mental and emotional effects of the stressors to which they mi
