Question

please identify three potential causes of PTSD in the youth and or civilian adult populations, identify two crisis interventions that would be best for those two age groups and explain your reason for selecting those interventions.

Answer 1

The three potential causes of PTSD in the youth and civilian adult populations include; assaultive violence, other injury or shock, trauma to others, and unexpected death, (Donley - ?2012).

The crisis interventions that would be best for the youth and adults would be; Psychological First Aid (PFA) for reducing the initial distress from the traumatic events (Brymer et al., 2006; Nucifora & Hsu, 2012), stabilizing the psychological and behavioral function (North & Pfefferbaum, 2013), and for providing any medical care if needed (North & Pfefferbaum, 2013) in case of youth.

Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) a structurally reviewed approach including psychological debriefing (Group, 2010). Often used in a group format helping people discuss the stressful experience after a traumatic event (Group, 2010).