Citation

Flannery RB. Int. J. Emerg. Ment. Health 2000; 2(3): 167-170.

Affiliation

Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, 25 Stanford Street, Boston, MA 62114, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Chevron Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11232097

Abstract

Violence in the United States is a national public health epidemic, and increasingly, much of this violence is committed by the country's young people. Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) approaches emphasize a comprehensive continuum of services from pre-incident training through acute care to post-intervention services. This paper outlines a pre-incident approach to preventing youth violence for parents, teachers, and counselors. The approach includes the identification of a continuum of warning signs and five guidelines to address the underlying needs manifested in the warning signs. The implications are discussed.

Language: en