David Kinchin

A Guide to Psychological Debriefing

Managing Emotional Decompression and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is a practical introduction to PTSD and psychological debriefing, and offers an enhanced model of PD which the author terms `Emotional Decompression'. Structured like a deep-sea dive, this model provides time frames for how long to spend at various stages of the PD process, and when to stop for discussions and explanations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 138
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 222g
• ISBN-13: 9781843104926
• ISBN-10: 184310492X
• Artikelnr.: 22711931

Autorenporträt

David Kinchin was medically retired from Thames Valley Police in 1992 suffering from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. He has since worked as a writer, researcher and broadcaster to improve knowledge and understanding of this condition, and has published widely on the subject. He facilitates workshops and seminars on PTSD and Emotional Decompression for a variety of medical and educational organisations, and writes and presents training courses for the emergency services and other groups.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword 1. Introduction to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. 2. Introduction
to Psychological Debriefing. 3. Emotional Decompression. 4. Defusing. 5.
Recovery from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. 6. Training for Debriefers.
Appendices. Subject index. Author index.