@article{ref1,
title="A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Adapted Form of Individual Critical Incident Stress Debriefing for Victims of an Armed Robbery",
journal="Brief treatment and crisis intervention",
year="2006",
author="Guay, Stephane and Marchand, A. and Iucci, Soledad and Boyer, Richard and St-Hilaire, MH and Martin, Andres",
volume="6",
number="2",
pages="122-129",
abstract="Victims of an armed robbery are at great risk of psychological distress. This research is a prospective randomized controlled clinical trial of an adapted form of Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD-A) with victims of an armed robbery. The specific goals are to examine whether the CISD-A is superior to the control group in both preventing the development of a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and attenuating the frequency and severity of posttraumatic stress symptoms. Following pretest, 75 participants were randomly assigned to individual debriefing or to a control group. Results revealed no differences between the CISD-A and the control group in preventing PTSD or attenuating posttraumatic symptoms 1 and 3 months later.<p />",
language="",
issn="1474-3310",
doi="10.1093/brief-treatment/mhj007",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/brief-treatment/mhj007"
}