Trauma Management Therapy for First Responders

Madeline Marks, Annelise Cunningham, Clint Bowers, Deborah C. Beidel

Source Title: Mental Health Intervention and Treatment of First Responders and Emergency Workers

ISBN13: 9781522598039|ISBN10: 1522598030|EISBN13: 9781522598046

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9803-9.ch013

MLA

Marks, Madeline, et al. "Trauma Management Therapy for First Responders." Mental Health Intervention and Treatment of First Responders and Emergency Workers, edited by Clint A. Bowers, et al., IGI Global, 2020, pp. 230-242. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9803-9.ch013

APA

Marks, M., Cunningham, A., Bowers, C., & Beidel, D. C. (2020). Trauma Management Therapy for First Responders. In C. Bowers, D. Beidel, & M. Marks (Eds.), Mental Health Intervention and Treatment of First Responders and Emergency Workers (pp. 230-242). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9803-9.ch013

Chicago

Marks, Madeline, et al. "Trauma Management Therapy for First Responders." In Mental Health Intervention and Treatment of First Responders and Emergency Workers, edited by Clint A. Bowers, Deborah C. Beidel, and Madeline R. Marks, 230-242. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9803-9.ch013

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Abstract

Mental health professionals are only recently beginning to understand the risks for stress-related disorders experienced by first responders. For example, it is clear that first responders are at increased risk for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Unfortunately, clinicians currently have a limited repertoire with which to treat these disorders. Treatments for PTSD have been developed for use with military patients, for the most part. It is not clear that these treatments are appropriate, and effective, for first responders. In this chapter, the authors describe a pilot study designed to evaluate whether one specific treatment approach creates similar clinical outcomes for first responders as have been observed for a military sample. The results indicate that clinical outcomes for first responders were nearly identical as those obtained with military personnel. The results are discussed in terms of future directions for research in this area.