Examines the community-based mental health preventive measures undertaken by the school psychology services in response to the missile attacks on Israel during the Persian Gulf war in 1991. The major assumptions and components of key interventions are delineated. The establishment of a hotline center was the procedure most frequently used by school mental health services. Biblioguidance lessened younger children's noncompliance regarding the use of a gas mask. A unique phenomenon of the war was the high salience of psychological messages and the high profile of psychologists in the media.