By Frederick J Stoddard Jr MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Education Craig L Katz MD, Director Trauma Service Grant H Brenner MD

Spurred in part by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which turned nearly all mental health professionals into de facto disaster mental health professionals-this second edition of Disaster Psychiatry remains a clinically oriented, evidence-based, and practical guide to mental health evaluation and interventions against the backdrop of adversity.