Serving survivors of torture: A practical manual for health professionals and other service providers. By Glenn A. Randall and Ellen L. Lutz. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1991, 199 pp. with illus. $28.50
✍ Scribed by Ana C. Deutsch
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 129 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-9867
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Book Reviews
in detail with examples as to what to do in the various phases of the debriefing, including postdebriefing activities. How to conduct defusings, that is, group meetings instituted very shortly following a traumatic event, is also described in detail, as is the demobilization method to be used in the event of large-scale disasters and accidents. However, (as the authors state themselves) although this is a "how to do" book, it should be remembered that no book can replace the proper training needed to conduct critical incident stress debriefing.
The chapter on mass disaster CISD interventions and community response teams seems to be the least-worked-through chapter in the book.
This may reflect the fact that the debriefing format still needs to be refined and empirically tested in areas outside of the emergency services field. This