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Critical Incident Stress Debriefing

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International Handbook of Human Response to Trauma

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Crisis theory has taught us that people who have been through a horrific event such as a plane crash, fire, or other disaster have a natural need to share their experiences and emotions with one another after it is over (see, for instance, Butcher&Maudal, 1976; Caplan, 1961,1964). This natural process of social care and support is also known as the recoil phase (Tyhurst, 1951). It is thought that most crisis reactions are transitory and that a crisis is resolved within 6 to 8 weeks, either normally or into a pathological form (Bloom, 1963).

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1101 BC, The Netherlands

    Ingrid V. E. Carlier

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  1. Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

    Arieh Y. Shalev

  2. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA

    Rachel Yehuda

  3. Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, South Australia, Australia

    Alexander C. McFarlane

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Carlier, I.V.E. (2000). Critical Incident Stress Debriefing. In: Shalev, A.Y., Yehuda, R., McFarlane, A.C. (eds) International Handbook of Human Response to Trauma. Springer Series on Stress and Coping. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4177-6_27

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