Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0989719
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
The impact of post-incident debriefing on psychological wellbeing and recall of events. First response emergency service personnel, such as fire fighters, police officers and paramedics provide an essential service, but as a result of their work are at increased risk of developing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In an attempt to protect against PTSD many personnel are required to attend group debriefings following exposure to traumatic events. However, there is evidence that these group debriefings may actually increase the risk of PTSD and also permanently distort the participants' memory for the events they witnessed. We will work with NSW Fire Brigade to develop an effective PTSD intervention for emergency service personnel which also preserves the integrity of the participants' memory for critical events.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 05-2009
End Date: 05-2013
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $410,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Psychology | Learning, Memory, Cognition And Language | Health, Clinical And Counselling Psychology | Evidence And Procedure
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Preventive medicine | Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Occupational health (excl. economic development aspects) |
