Critical Incident Intervention with Missionaries: A Comprehensive Approach
When people are exposed to, or involved in, traumatic occurrences, they are at risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to follow in the wake. This involves more than psychological discomfort; it involves a host of physiological, mental, emotional, and spiritual sequelae. The results of trauma...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publishing
1999
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Journal of psychology and theology
Year: 1999, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 130-138 |
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| Summary: | When people are exposed to, or involved in, traumatic occurrences, they are at risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to follow in the wake. This involves more than psychological discomfort; it involves a host of physiological, mental, emotional, and spiritual sequelae. The results of trauma can be so debilitating that a missionary might be unable to continue to minister. The effects can last a lifetime. Given the relatively high level of risk for missionaries to experience critical incidents and the possible aftereffects, it is important for churches and mission boards to have an adequate and comprehensive approach to member care in ministering to missionaries when they encounter critical incidents. A comprehensive plan would include critical incident stress debriefing as soon as possible after an incident, one-to-one counseling—preferably with a therapist trained in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)—for those individuals experiencing complex PTSD, debriefing for the debriefers, and a post-critical incident seminar at least 3 months after the incident. |
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| ISSN: | 2328-1162 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of psychology and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/009164719902700206 |