Citation

Freed HM, Gandell R. Ment. Health Soc. 1979; 5(3-4): 231-240.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1979, Karger Publishers)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

470611

Abstract

This paper reports the experience of two psychiatrists who intervened in the aftermath of a 'disaster' affecting a small company of 75 people. The incident causing the crisis was a shooting spree in which an employee, responding to fantasied conspiratorial behavior among co-workers, shot and killed three of them, wounded two others and then killed himself. The company sanctioned and paid for this intervention and subsequently used the psychiatrists for formal and informal consultations. The report notes the similarities to and the differences from other reports for disasters in the literature. The clear link between present and past was noted in the emotional struggles of the survivors, and the value of helping them to establish these connections. The intervention appeared to be useful to the individuals and the company.

Language: en