This article presents summaries of recent crisis management publications. The first article summarized provides a review of research documenting that even when children are not physically proximal to a national disaster (9/11), they may still have negative reactions. The second article summarized is an examination of the PTSD diagnostic criterion that requires trauma victims to report intense fear, helplessness, and horror. The final paper reviews the literature regarding what might be considered best practices in the immediate and mid-term treatment of mass trauma victims.