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Critical Incident Interventions

Critical Incident Interventions Clinic al Q&A Editorial Note: The Clinical Q&A is a regular journal feature in which master clinicians answer questions posed by readers who are requesting assistance with clinical challenges. In this issue’s column, the re- sponse is written by Dr. Roger M. Solomon, a police psychologist for the South Carolina Department of Public Safety. Readers can send questions to journal@emdria.org ongoing problems, assessment and follow-up are important. Question: “I have been asked to respond to community Intervention strategies can be developed according to: tragedies. What critical incident interventions are commonly used?” 1. Target population—Who needs intervention? 2. Type of incident — Which interventions are appropriate? 3. Timing—When? ANSWER BY DR. ROGER M. SOLOMON: 4. Themes—What are the facts of the incident, issues, and First of all, let’s defi ne the context as a community tragedy, concerns? which has impacted a number of individuals, and not a re- 5. Resources—Who are the best resources available to sponse to a disaster, where community infrastructure has provide the services? been destroyed and other issues take the forefront in the 6. Ongoing evaluation. immediate aftermath (shelter, food, safety, etc.). Table 1 lists interventions according to timing and clinical It is important to take http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of EMDR Practice and Research Springer Publishing

Critical Incident Interventions

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Journal of EMDR Practice and Research , Volume 2 (2): 6 – Jun 1, 2008
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1933-3196
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Clinic al Q&A Editorial Note: The Clinical Q&A is a regular journal feature in which master clinicians answer questions posed by readers who are requesting assistance with clinical challenges. In this issue’s column, the re- sponse is written by Dr. Roger M. Solomon, a police psychologist for the South Carolina Department of Public Safety. Readers can send questions to journal@emdria.org ongoing problems, assessment and follow-up are important. Question: “I have been asked to respond to community Intervention strategies can be developed according to: tragedies. What critical incident interventions are commonly used?” 1. Target population—Who needs intervention? 2. Type of incident — Which interventions are appropriate? 3. Timing—When? ANSWER BY DR. ROGER M. SOLOMON: 4. Themes—What are the facts of the incident, issues, and First of all, let’s defi ne the context as a community tragedy, concerns? which has impacted a number of individuals, and not a re- 5. Resources—Who are the best resources available to sponse to a disaster, where community infrastructure has provide the services? been destroyed and other issues take the forefront in the 6. Ongoing evaluation. immediate aftermath (shelter, food, safety, etc.). Table 1 lists interventions according to timing and clinical It is important to take

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