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Developing a Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Team in a Mental Health Care System

The Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Health System, Baltimore, MD.

Rosanne Torpey, RN, MSEd

The Sheppard Pratt Hospital, 6501 N. Charles St., P.O. Box 6815, Baltimore, MD 21285-6815.

Kay L. Sienkilewski, RN, MS

Division of Clinical Services, The Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Health System, Baltimore, MD.

It is recognized that employees within a mental health care system may have an increased exposure to stressors of a traumatic nature. This article describes the development and implementation of a Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Team, using the model formulated by Dr. Jeffrey Mitchell and summarizes the team's activity during the first year of its implementation.

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, Vol. 1, No. 6, 177-181 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/107839039500100603


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