Major Misconceptions in Crisis Intervention

International Journal of Emergency Mental Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 185-197

  Mitchell, Jeffrey T ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Intl Critical Incident Stress F ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis intervention; Critical incident stress debriefing (CISD); Critical incident stress management (CISM)

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT FORMATION; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DISASTER; EMERGENCY; FIRE; HEALTH SERVICE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICAL SERVICE; NOMENCLATURE; REVIEW; STRESS; TERRORISM;

CRISIS INTERVENTION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERMINOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642473909     PISSN: 15224821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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