Once again we find another touchy feely sort of thing does more harm than good.
Counsellors who provide immediate help to victims at
disaster scenes increase the likelihood of their patients going on to
suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, research has found.
Dutch
scientists who studied 236 survivors of traumatic events discovered
that those given one-to-one counselling or "emotional debriefing"
straight away were more likely to demonstrate signs of post-traumatic
stress disorder six weeks later.
Now all we need is to get this research extended to Councillors and we’ll really be able to set the world to rights.
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