The business case for workplace critical incident response: A literature review and some employer examples

Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 132-145

  Attridge, Mark ^a   Vandepol, Bob ^b  

^a Attridge Consulting Inc   (United States)

^b Crisis Care Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied research; Cost benefit; Critical incident response; Disability; Employee assistance program (eap); Psychological first aid; Return to work; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952206198     PISSN: 15555240     EISSN: 15555259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15555241003761001     Document Type: Review

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