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Developing a Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Team in a Mental Health Care System

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses AssociationPublished 1 December 1995
Victor Weizant, Rosanne Torpey, Kay L. Sienkilewski
Citations5
SJR quartileQ2
SJR score0.65
SNIP0.78

TL;DR

The development and implementation of a Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Team is described, using the model formulated by Dr. Jeffrey Mitchell, and the team's activity during the first year of its implementation is summarized.

Abstract

It is recognized that employees within a mental health care system may have an increased exposure to stressors of a traumatic nature. This article describes the development and implementation of a Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Team, using the model formulated by Dr. Jeffrey Mitchell and summarizes the team's activity during the first year of its implementation.

Keywords

Psychology