Book Review: Psychological Debriefing: Theory, Practice and Evidence

Overview: key issues in the conceptualisation of debriefing Part I. Key Conceptual Framework of Debriefing: 1. Historical concepts and present patterns: stress management and debriefing 2. Debriefing: its role in the spectrum of prevention and acute management of psychological trauma 3. Briefing and debriefing: psychological interventions in acute stressor situations 4. Traumatic stress and the concept of debriefing: theoretical frameworks and potential effects and other settings Part II. Debriefing: Models, Research and Practice: 5. Critical incident stress debriefing: evolutions, effects and outcomes 6. Debriefing with emergency services: critical incident stress management 7. Debriefing and body recovery: war grave soldiers 8. Debriefing and body recovery: police in a civilian disaster 9. Debriefing after massive road trauma: perceptions and outcomes 10. Debriefing and motor vehicle accidents: interventions and outcomes 11. Debriefing with service personnel in war and peace roles: experience and outcomes 12. Debriefing post disaster: follow-up after a major earthquake 13. Debriefing after disaster 14. Children and debriefing: theory, interventions and outcomes 15. Debriefing adolescents after critical life events Part III. Adaptations of Debriefing Models: 16. Delayed debriefing: after a disaster 17. Debriefing in different cultural frameworks: experience with indigenous populations 18. The concept of debriefing and its application to staff dealing with life threatening illnesses such as cancer, AIDS and other conditions 19. Traumatic childbirth and the role of debriefing 20. Debriefing staff after assaults by patients 21. Multiple stressor debriefing as a model for intervention Part IV. Debriefing Overview and Future Directions: 22. Concerns about debriefing: challenging the mainstream 23. Is consensus possible about debriefing? 24. Can debriefing work? critical appraisal of theories of interventions and outcomes with directions for future research 25. A conceptual framework for mass trauma: implications for adaptation and intervention Conclusion: debriefing: science, belief and wisdom Index.