Historical Group Debriefing Following Combat

Abstract

Debriefing is a group-oriented intervention in which the major elements of an event are reviewed by the participants shortly after its termination. Debriefing has been recommended by several authors as a stress management technique suitable for groups which have been exposed to traumatic events. Although debriefing is intuitively considered helpful, its beneficial effects have not been measured.... Ground combat, Cohesion, Group support, RA III, Combat stress, Oral history, Debriefing, Coping, Volunteers, Stress management

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA267287

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People

  • Arieh Shalev

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  • Hadassah Medical Center

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  • Biomedical

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  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Education
  • Families (Human)
  • Health
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Lessons Learned
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military History
  • Military Medicine
  • Physicians
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Therapy
  • Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Vietnam War

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  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.
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