The practice of psychological debriefing can be traced historically to a time when commanders engaged their soldiers in sharing battle experiences. This reporting was believed to lift spirits and ...

The trauma experienced by victims of crime and their families is well documented. Less clear is what happens to jurors who have to sit through months of excruciating testimony to render a verdict in ...

Primary trauma nurse Rebecca Hanson, center with red shoes, gives her feedback on the team’s response during a debriefing after the Simulated Trauma Alert Training Tuesday in the Emergency Department ...

The accumulation of stress from fires, EMS calls, motor vehicle accidents and other emergencies often leads to chronic anxiety among firefighters. Certain emergency calls— for example, a firefighter ...

A pediatric charge nurse struggled to cope with critical patient events. What resulted is a more effective debriefing process. A charge nurse at a pediatric hospital who struggled to cope with several ...

Childhood trauma can cause depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), eating disorders, and more. Trauma’s effects can continue influencing a person’s feelings, health, and behaviors as an ...

York City Police are offering a virtual stress debriefing for the public in the wake of recent tragedies and traumatic incidents, according to a news release. The event will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m ...

Kent County’s Critical Incident Stress Management team is relatively new, formed in the summer of 2021 by several paramedics. A study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found ...