Early intervention following traumatic events

On successful completion of the workshop, participants will be able to: · Describe the commonly used approaches to early intervention following traumatic events and the rationale behind them including blanket intervention, targeted interventions and the timing of them. Describe specific interventions including critical incident stress debriefing, psychological debriefing, psychological first aid, critical incident stress management, trauma risk management, supportive counselling and trauma focused cognitive behavioural therapy. Discuss the current evidence base for the effectiveness of early interventions following traumatic events.

Conference

English

Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Miranda Olff

Lueger-Schuster, B., & Olff, M. (2008, June). Early intervention following traumatic events. Presentation at the 9th EMDR Europe Association Conference, London, England