Following a hostage situation in which the perpetrator was killed, the police counselor asked the officers involved to participate in a critical incident stress debriefing session, in which they reprocessed the event immediately after the shooting. Recent research findings suggest that the psychological debriefing _____.

a. may increase the risk of PTSD and depression in some officers
b. will help the officers to work through the experience and reduce the likelihood of PTSD
c. will have no statistically significant effect on the officers
d. sessions were probably rejected, and may have even generated hostility in most officers


Answer: a. may increase the risk of PTSD and depression in some officers

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