Critical Incident Interventions: Crisis Response and Debriefing

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Author(s): Emily Brucia (Palo Alto University, USA), Matthew J. Cordova (Palo Alto University, USA)and Josef I. Ruzek (National Center for PTSD, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, USA & Palo Alto University, USA & Stanford University, USA)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 24
Source title: Police Psychology and Its Growing Impact on Modern Law Enforcement
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Cary L. Mitchell (Pepperdine University, USA)and Edrick H. Dorian (Los Angeles Police Department, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0813-7.ch006

Keywords: Human Behavior & Psychology / Information Science Reference / Psychology / Social Sciences & Humanities

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Police officers are exposed to many critical incidents throughout their careers. This chapter discusses critical incident exposure and psychological sequelae in police officers, police culture, obstacles to mental health care, currently utilized early interventions, existing research for these approaches, alternative evidence-based early interventions, emerging models, and directions for future research. Given the frequency and potential impact of critical incidents, early intervention for exposed police officers is of central importance. One of the most commonly utilized group early interventions, Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD), has limited empirical support, such that some departments are being advised against its use. That said, there are important challenges in identifying better, evidence-based alternatives.

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