The practice of psychological debriefing can be traced historically to a time when commanders engaged their soldiers in sharing battle experiences. This reporting was believed to lift spirits and ...

Sept. 11 made public an academic debate over the effectiveness of trauma counseling. In the face of criticism, the largest provider of "critical-incident stress debriefings" has now changed course. It ...

The recent tragic bus accident in the New South Wales Hunter Valley has again raised the issue of how we address the potential psychological effects of traumatic events. It is interesting we revisit ...