All Articles tagged first responders

• Program development
  December 15, 2023 EDT
  IGNITE YOUR STRENGTHS – RESILIENCE EDUCATION FOR FIREFIGHTERS
  Dr. Leigh BlaneyGeoffrey SpriggsJoshua LumleyEric AgyekumDr. Dean SlonowskyDr. Anna Macdonald

  This study took an innovative approach to design, develop and test a health promoting resilience education workshop for paid-on-call (POC) firefighters.

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• Proof of concept
  June 14, 2022 EDT
  CISM & CANINES: THE BOND THAT HELPS HEAL FIRST RESPONDERS
  John D Hunt

  This article explores how Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM), and Animal Assisted Crisis Response (AACR) can be combined to synergistically ameliorate those impacts.

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• Case studies
  June 15, 2021 EDT
  Spiritual Well-Being - A Proactive Resilience Component: Exploring its Relationship with Practices, Themes, and other Psychological Well-being Factors during the COVID-19 Pandemic in CISM-Trained First Responders
  Harvey J. Burnett, Jr,Justine JaegerKristen Witzel

  Research suggests spiritual resilience may ameliorate the negative effects of exposure to traumatic events among disaster mental health first responders.

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• Original research
  December 15, 2020 EDT
  INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION POST TRAUMATIC EVENTS: BUILDING TRUST & OPENNESS WITH PERSONS IMPACTED BY CRITICAL INCIDENTS
  Wayne Maxwell

  It is critical to create as much openness and reduce resistance to facilitate interpersonal communication with those who experience critical incidents.

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• Scholarly reviews
  December 16, 2019 EDT
  Was Psychological Debriefing Dismissed Too Quickly?
  Trina TamrakarJamie MurphyAsk Elklit

  An assessment of Cochrane Review studies based on the Cochrane Handbook’s guidelines on interventions to ascertain if PD has been adequately evaluated as an early group crisis intervention.

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