David Kinchin was medically retired from Thames Valley Police in 1992 suffering from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. He has since worked as a writer, researcher and broadcaster to improve knowledge and understanding of this condition, and has published widely on the subject. He facilitates workshops and seminars on PTSD and Emotional Decompression for a variety of medical and educational organisations, and writes and presents training courses for the emergency services and other groups.

What is most interesting about this work is an engagement with the recent debates and controversy about debriefing effectiveness, and whether it harms more than it helps those who participate in it... He clearly is talking from a knowledge base of personal and professional experience, and there is much to learn from this perspective.

• Foreword 1. Introduction to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. 2. Introduction to Psychological Debriefing. 3. Emotional Decompression. 4. Defusing. 5. Recovery from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. 6. Training for Debriefers. Appendices. Subject index. Author index.

David Kinchin was medically retired from Thames Valley Police in 1992 suffering from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. He has since worked as a writer, researcher and broadcaster to improve knowledge and understanding of this condition, and has published widely on the subject. He facilitates workshops and seminars on PTSD and Emotional Decompression for a variety of medical and educational organisations, and writes and presents training courses for the emergency services and other groups.

What is most interesting about this work is an engagement with the recent debates and controversy about debriefing effectiveness, and whether it harms more than it helps those who participate in it... He clearly is talking from a knowledge base of personal and professional experience, and there is much to learn from this perspective.

• Foreword 1. Introduction to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. 2. Introduction to Psychological Debriefing. 3. Emotional Decompression. 4. Defusing. 5. Recovery from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. 6. Training for Debriefers. Appendices. Subject index. Author index.

David Kinchin was medically retired from Thames Valley Police in 1992 suffering from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. He has since worked as a writer, researcher and broadcaster to improve knowledge and understanding of this condition, and has published widely on the subject. He facilitates workshops and seminars on PTSD and Emotional Decompression for a variety of medical and educational organisations, and writes and presents training courses for the emergency services and other groups.

What is most interesting about this work is an engagement with the recent debates and controversy about debriefing effectiveness, and whether it harms more than it helps those who participate in it... He clearly is talking from a knowledge base of personal and professional experience, and there is much to learn from this perspective.

• Foreword 1. Introduction to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. 2. Introduction to Psychological Debriefing. 3. Emotional Decompression. 4. Defusing. 5. Recovery from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. 6. Training for Debriefers. Appendices. Subject index. Author index.