Does debriefing after psychological trauma work?
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The psychological aftermath of disaster causes significant long-term psychiatric disability and suffering to victims and rescuers alike. This paper examines the effectiveness of psychological debriefing (PD), an early intervention that is widely used and claimed to reduce long-term psychiatric morbidity in the wake of disaster. Numerous factors hamper the design of methodologically sound resear...
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OBJECTIVE To identify literature concerning the effectiveness of psychological debriefing (PD) and analyse results according to different criteria of success and different uses of the intervention format. METHOD Literature search was made in databases PubMed, PsycInfo and Psychlit. Twenty-five studies were selected for a thorough description. Forty-two studies provided additional information....
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.310.6993.1479