The effectiveness of psychological debriefing with vicarious trauma: A meta-analysis

Stress Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 229-233

  Everly Jr , George S ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

CISD; CISM; Critical incident stress debriefing; Psychological debriefings

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032851362     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199910)15:4<229::AID-SMI818>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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