Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Controversy

Abstract: This 10 page paper presents a review of the literature on Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) and Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD). CISM was initially designed for emergency workers as a way to mitigate post-traumatic stress disorder and other symptoms. In recent years, the debriefing component (CISD) has been attacked as not effective and even harmful. This essay reports the components of CISM and CISD and reports and discusses numerous research studies that have been conducted on the processes. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

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Subcatagory: Health Care

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