A perspective on the Air Force's mental health response to the Pentagon.
This article describes efforts to coordinate the Air Force mental health response to the Pentagon disaster of September 11, 2001. The successes and challenges of Air Force teams that provided Critical Incident Stress Management and outreach efforts at both the Pentagon and Family Assistance Center will be discussed. Lessons learned from this experience and recommendations for future Department of Defense responses to large-scale disasters follow.
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