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The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1963 was of international importance, threatening the world with the potential suicide of at least three nations: the United States, the Soviet Union, and Cuba. As disastrous as this could be, it gave birth to an actual service of preventing the suicide of military service veterans and extended to the general population of the United States and beyond. The hotline movement grew from this potential disaster to a service that offered multiple services such as mental health, social services, information and referrals, and help to those isolated from family and other necessary resources. This book is a valuable resource for mental health professionals, legal professionals, community planners, volunteers, and historians in crisis intervention.
About the author
Mary Frances Seeley has a Doctorate in Law, Policy and Society from Northeastern University in Boston, MA. She is a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate in Joliet, IL.
Dr. Seeley has over 50 years of experience in founding and maintaining hotlines and has trained several thousand volunteers. Dr. Seeley lectured in the U.S. and throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. She has been a Continuing Faculty member of the Mechnikov State University in Odesa, Ukraine. Dr. Seeley has served in national and international associations, holds one honorary doctorate from Lewis University in Romeoville, IL.
Currently Dr. Seeley is the President and Special Advisor to the Upper Room Crisis Hotline in Joliet, IL.
