Citation

Flannery RB, Penk WE. J. Trauma. Stress 1996; 9(2): 317-324.

Affiliation

Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, Cambridge, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8731557

Abstract

Crisis intervention procedures for emergency services personnel and healthcare providers are increasingly being utilized to address the psychological sequelae of acute stress during critical incidents. While anecdotal evidence suggests the efficacy of these approaches, more formal experimental inquiry has been limited. This brief report outlines one strategy for conducting program evaluation of a crisis intervention approach for staff who are assaulted by patients. This outcome design was implemented in multiple sites, even as the service was being delivered.

Language: en