Resource Tag: PSYCHOLOGICAL DEBRIEFING

This presentation examined suicide as a significant public health problem & police suicide was addressed as a specific problem for law enforcement agencies. A comprehensive crisis response model & a results-driven suicide intervention training program were described to assist law enforcement agencies with the problem of suicide. All police organizations were encouraged to develop policy […]

Reprinted from “Employee Assistance”, v.6, no.7, February 1994.

Reprinted from “Australian Nursing Journal”, February 1995.

In this chapter, the authors discuss how government officials, civic leaders, psychiatrists, & other mental health professionals in the Denver metropolitan area responded to the Columbine shootings & their aftermath. First, the events of April 20 & important background information are summarized. Second, the acute & longer-term psychological impact on the victims & the larger […]

It is assumed that the acquisition of new skills & the chance for emotional expression provided by immediate crisis interventions bring the potential not just for the alleviation of distress but for psychological growth & maturity as well. This assumption seems to be particularly true with crises involving sudden, violent death caused by accident, suicide, […]

Suicide in policing has reached epidemic proportions. Departments are often left in the wake of trauma & grief, unable or unwilling to deal with the suicide of an officer. This article provides practical guidance to departments to assist them in dealing with the aftermath of a suicide. Methods of interdepartmental communications, procedures, & debriefing are […]

Helping traumatized people is gratifying but also brings risks. Caring people sometimes experience pain as a direct result of their exposure to other’s traumatic material. This paper discusses the emergence of information that forms the basis of our understanding of Compassion Fatigue & Compassion Stress. (72 refs)

This unique paper, which details the story of an Arctic Alaska Native community, reframes the traditional white western perception of treatment- both physical & mental. In ‘Kelengakutelleghpat’, Michael J. Terry offers us a window into a world where entire communities can come together to address issues of trauma. This paper saddens us because it brings […]

This protocol serves as a guide for those who respond to a critical incident(CI) &/or during a critical event. Examples of a CI are described as: a sudden death in the workplace, a line of duty death, one which involves many casualties, one which attracts significant media attention, and one which is unusual in nature. […]

This monograph presents a systematic procedure for threat assessment & intervention in schools. The first chapter provides general information on school shootings & threat assessment. Chapter Two discusses the assessment of threats including: what is a threat, motivation, signposts, types of threats, factors in threat assessment, & levels of risk. The third chapter provides a […]

In this article, psychologist Marilyn Bowman discusses Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Bowman warns physicians to reevaluate diagnosing this illness in all cases of trauma to ensure that diagnoses remains individualized. There has been a concern that anyone suffering trauma will be wrongly treated for PTSD, and clinicians could be aggravating non-existent symptoms through psychological […]

Similar to police S.W.A.T. teams, mental health professionals intercede to safeguard life. However, they use “special words and tactics (SWAT)”. This article discusses the 4 principal factors common to all psychologically-based interventions & profiles their application in critical situations. Although the common factors do not merit a special status, their deliberate use can be clinically […]

Integrating theory, practice & research, this book gives clear interventions designed to alleviate childrens’ distress. Contents include: 1) the developing child: needs & rights; 2) stress & distress: unhappiness in childhood & adolescence; 3) children & grief; 4) storytelling & everyday chat; 5) peer support; 6) dealing with fear & phobias; 7) rejection & victimization; […]

This brochure describes the kinds of emotional and physical reactions following a traumatic event. Important things to remember about critical incident stress, and helpful hints for family members and friends are described.

Crisis intervention has typically been conceptualized as seeking a return of clients to a state of equilibrium. However, after working with survivors of Hurricane Andrew in south Florida, the authors realized that there are several other issues that are important. In this article, they discuss the development of a proactive approach, which attempts to recognize […]

Most experts on child & family posttraumatic stress disorder have focused their attention on ongoing child abuse & domestic violence, to the relative neglect of the more temporally delimited but equally shattering effects of disaster stress & bereavement due to homicide. This article discusses some diagnostic & treatment issues that apply to these groups of […]

Post-shooting stress reactions were studied in a large police force to develop a psychological services policy & procedure in support of officers. 2 empirical studies were done using a mail survey of 66 officers involved in shootings plus a clinical sample of these officers. Most stress reactions were experienced within 3 days of the shooting. […]

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