Resource Tag: PSYCHOLOGICAL DEBRIEFING

Background and objectives: Clinical debriefing (CD) following a clinical event has been found to confer benefits for staff and has potential to improve patient outcomes. Use of a structured tool to facilitate CD may provide a more standardised approach and help overcome barriers to CD; however, we presently know little about the tools available. This […]

Background and objectives Clinical debriefing (CD) following a clinical event has been found to confer benefits for staff and has potential to improve patient outcomes. Use of a structured tool to facilitate CD may  provide a more standardised approach and help overcome barriers to CD; however, we presently know little about the tools available. This […]

Introduction A brief screener assessing experience of exposure to suicide for use in therapeutic settings is warranted. To examine the concurrent validity of such a screening tool, labeled as the Suicide Exposure Experience Screener (SEES), the associations of the two SEES items: (i) reported closeness with the person who died by suicide and (ii) perceived […]

Controversy over the use of Critical Incident Stress Debriefing leaves Emergency Medical Services (EMS) organizations with little direction in preventing sequelae of Critical Incident Stress (CIS) in their employees. Objectives of the study were to explore and describe Emergency Medical Technicians’ (EMTs) experiences of critical incidents and views about potential interventions, in order to facilitate […]

This chapter examines the practical side of dealing proactively with the stress encountered by police officers on a daily basis, stress that when dismissed as part of the job generates disastrous outcomes. The specific emphasis is on understanding critical incident stress & its impact. A practical outline of mandatory training, both at the academy & […]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s internal employee assistance program has a proactive approach to suicide prevention & response, including a standard of care & a suicide response protocol. Factors that contribute to the suicide of an agent include depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, frustration, firearms, & management response. Suicide in the Federal Bureau of Investigation is […]

This chapter focusses on postvention. Postvention services include play therapy for children, professional supportive counselling for individuals most affected, professional psychoeducational group counselling, & peer counselling. Specific postvention procedures are presented. JA

Because police response to civilian suicide is uncharted territory for the field of mental health, the authors drew from 3 well-researched areas to develop a model: secondary traumatic stress, critical incidents in law enforcement, & suicide in the helping professions. A questionnaire was completed by 103 sworn personnel & 3 modes of assessment determined patterns […]

Suicide-by-cop represents a currently understudied & most probably under-reported phenomenon that deserves serious attention. Police officers are involved in situations in which they not only lose control of the confrontation, but also become the means to the end in a civilian’s death. The phenomenon can be examined from a social psychological perspective by considering the […]

This chapter presents & discusses a set of training materials for police departments aimed at helping police officers cope with victim-precipitated homicide. Materials focus on providing officers with a range of intervention strategies to attempt to reduce the risk associated with these situations for both the officer & the perpetrator. These strategies are intended to […]

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This article discusses violence & suicide at the work place & strategies for responding to the same.(5 refs.)

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This article discusses the treatment of a police officer with a number of complaints secondary to psychological trauma that he suffered in performing his basic duties within a branch of the United States military, using 2 cognitive-behavioral approaches to the reduction of emotional trauma. The patient’s recurring nightmare in which he was put on trial […]

In this article, the Family Debriefing Model is described. The Family Debriefing Model combines solution-focused interventions with an adapted Critical Incident Stress Debriefing model & was specifically designed to facilitate treatment with parents & adult- & adolescent-siblings who survive a family member’s suicide. The efficacy of the Model is examined through a series of reported […]

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This manuscript is the West Carleton, Ontario’s community response to youth suicides. The manuscript serves as a community development guide to bereavement after suicide by discussing various forms of postvention. This manuscript is useful to anyone dealing with suicide in the community. (AK)

This chapter reviews influences on the evaluation of debriefing, including military psychiatry, crisis intervention, Marshall’s narrative tradition, psychoeducation, grief counseling, group psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, psychopharmacology, and catharsis. A framework for synthesis is presented, and possible theoretical bases for the effects of debriefing are explored. (34 refs)

The goal of this training manual is to focus on primary & secondary survivors as well as the tertiary victims who must deal with the aftermath of suicide. First, it focuses on ways in which tertiary victims – the professionals who respond to the scene of a suicide – impact primary survivors such as parents, […]

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