Community crisis intervention: the Coldenham tragedy revisited.
Crisis intervention is commonly thought of as acute psychological first-aid applied within close temporal proximity to the precipitating event. This paper reports the positive effects of a comprehensive crisis intervention applied over three years after the precipitating event and on a "community-wide" basis.
Mitchell
J T
JT
Emergency Health Services, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA.
Schiller
G
G
Eyler
V A
VA
Everly
G S
GS
D002648:Child; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D004190:Disasters; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000628:therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires