Mitchell J T, Schiller G, Eyler V A, Everly G S
Emergency Health Services, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA.
Int J Emerg Ment Health. 1999 Fall;1(4):227-36.
Crisis intervention is commonly thought of as acute psychological first-aid applied within close temporal proximity to the precipitating event. This paper reports the positive effects of a comprehensive crisis intervention applied over three years after the precipitating event and on a "community-wide" basis.