Psychosocial interventions in emergency: a theoretical and operational analysis of the European and international model

This article examines the complex operational development and the purposes of the psychosocial intervention in the occurrence of major disasters and, therefore, in emergency conditions. It lays the foundations for a reflection on the different dynamics and facets that determine the psychosocial intervention, deepening the requirements for the constitution of a team of trained psychologists and professionals who, in all contexts of crisis and emergency, are able to provide support to the victims, to themselves and to the colleagues directly or indirectly involved in the event. Having a clear popularizing purpose, the article ends with a new conceptualization of the operational realities and the different intervention protocols in an emergency situation, considering the detailed directions emerging from the various institutional panels.