Includes bibliographical references and index.

Vital views: the importance of crisis and behavioral emergencies training -- Crisis intervention principles for prehospital personnel -- Assessment in the prehospital environment -- Responding to the emotional crisis -- Assisting large groups -- Emergency response to violent events -- Suicide: an extraordinary case of violence -- Supporting victims of death-related crises -- Crisis intervention in disasters and other large-scale incidents -- Developmental disorders diagnosed in infancy, childhood, and adolescence -- Delirium, dementia, and amnestic disorders -- Substance-related disorders -- Psychosis and schizophrenia -- Mood episodes and disorders -- Anxiety disorders -- Dissociative disorders -- Eating disorders -- Sleep disorders -- Personality disorders -- Sustaining staff.