Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2022

Crisis, Stress, and Human Resilience

A guide to the articles in Volume 4, issue 1.

It is always such a pleasure to read the submissions that arrive for consideration in “Crisis, Stress, and Human Resilience: An International Journal.”

The role of culture and subculture are regularly identified as factors contributing to the development of acute immediate and post incident traumatic stress.

This article explores how Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM), and Animal Assisted Crisis Response (AACR) can be combined to synergistically ameliorate those impacts.

It is inevitable that, from time to time, organizations, communities, and even nations find themselves in crisis. It is during times such as these that effective leadership becomes imperative.

Suicide is the most serious mental health crisis, and the rate of those who attempt and successfully fulfill suicide is on the rise.

Firefighters can witness accidental building fires, arsons, medical emergencies, vehicle accidents, and death. These traumatic incidents are ad-ditional stressors on firefighters, who also must face the daily stressors of life.

Rural police departments often must navigate the challenges of fewer resources, lower staffing levels, and larger geographical areas than urban departments while taking on more diverse roles.