Is Critical Incident Stress Management Effective?
Nicholas Marney, MD, Sandeep K. Johar, DO, and E. Jackson Allison, Jr., MD, MPH
Dr. Marney is a second-year emergency medicine resident at The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC. Dr. Johar is a third-year emergency medicine resident at State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY. Dr. Allison is the chief of staff at the Asheville VA Medical Center, Ashville, NC; an adjunct professor of emergency medical care at Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC; and an adjunct professor in the College of Health Professions at SUNY Upstate Medical University.
As this crisis intervention program undergoes scientific scrutiny, its efficacy has been called into question. These authors explore the discrepancies behind study findings that vary widely.