Psychological debriefing is a waste of time

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 183, Issue JULY, 2003, Pages 12-14

  Wessely, Simon ^c   Deahl, Martin ^a,b  

^a Shelton Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ALCOHOLISM; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DISASTER; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RAPE; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WELLBEING;

ATTITUDE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038300957     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.183.1.12     Document Type: Review

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