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Continuing Psychological Aftermath of 9/11: A POPPA Experience and Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Revisited

School of Social Work, University of Southern Mississippi - Gulf Coast, 730 East Beach Boulevard, Long Beach, MS 39560, raymond.scurfield{at}usm.edu

Janet Viola

Suburban Pavilion/Copely Health Center, 20265 Emery Road, Cleveland, OH 44128

Kathy Platoni

50 South Main Street, Centerville, OH 45458-2362

Jose’ Colon

100 Cedar Lane, Ossining, NY 10562

Volunteer clinical experiences as part of the New York Police Department’s Police Organization Providing Peer Assistance (POPPA) program are described in providing critical incident stress debriefings (CISD) to NYC emergency rescue personnel. Also, there is a discussion of distinctive aspects of September 11^th that both characterize and confound a successful post-9/11 recovery, to include the intertwining of personal and national reactions to global terrorism and socio-political forces. Such factors, along with concerns about the efficacy of "one-shot clinical interventions," form the rationale for a "Phase 2 CISD intervention model" that is described.

Key Words: 9/11 • Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) • terrorism • emergency mental health • POPPA

Traumatology, Vol. 9, No. 1, 31-57 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/153476560300900103


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