Emergency response service personnel and the critical incident stress debriefing debate

International Journal of Emergency Mental Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-41

  Wagner, Shannon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CISD; CISM; Critical incident stress debriefing; Emergency services; Mitchell ICISF Model; Traumatic event

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STRESS; WORKPLACE;

CRISIS INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RESCUE WORK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18144365094     PISSN: 15224821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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