Major misconceptions in crisis intervention.

Crisis intervention and its subset, Critical Incident Stress Management, have experienced a century of successful application across a broad spectrum of populations. Numerous positive outcome studies including Randomized Controlled Trials, controlled studies, and detailed literature reviews attest to its achievements. The success of crisis intervention services has not, however, gone without critical reviews. Some reviews have, unfortunately, generated a series of misconceptions and factual misrepresentations. This article presents some of the most common misconceptions and offers arguments to counter those errors.