THE FUSE

In previous books and papers, I’ve asserted that a tectonic shift in the delivery of mental health services is required, especially in the delivery of psychological support during and in the wake of crises and disasters (Everly, 2020, 2023; Everly and Lating, 2026). The key to constructive change resides in change predicated upon retention, recollection, and introspection. Those who fail to remember the past are condemned to repeat it, noted Santayana. Residing within that condemnation is an elusive maturity that will forever evade those who fail to heed the warning. They will be trapped in a perpetual infancy. And while it is true that those who fail to study the past are doomed to repeat it, those who fail to shape the future are condemned to endure a future shaped by others, as Toffler noted.