Critical Incidence Stress Debriefing
Critical Incidence Stress Debriefing was Developed by: George S. Everly, George S. Everly, Jr., Jeffrey T. Mitchell
Overview of Critical Incidence Stress Debriefing: “CISM is a comprehensive, integrative, multicomponent crisis intervention system. CISM is considered comprehensive because it consists of multiple crisis intervention components, which functionally span the entire temporal spectrum of a crisis. CISM interventions range from the pre-crisis phase through the acute crisis phase, and into the post-crisis phase. CISM is also considered comprehensive in that it consists of interventions which may be applied to individuals, small functional groups, large groups, families, organizations, and even communities. “ --excerpt from The International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF)
“Critical Incident Stress Management is designed to help people deal with their trauma one incident at a time by allowing the individual to talk about the incident when it happens without judgment or criticism. The program is peer-driven and the people giving the treatment may come from all walks of life, but most are first responders or work in the mental health field. All interventions are strictly confidential, the only caveat to this is if the person doing the intervention determines that the person being helped is a danger to themself or to others. The emphasis is always on keeping people safe and returning them quickly to more normal levels of functioning.“ --excerpt from Wikipedia
Resources Related to Critical Incidence Stress Debriefing:
Wikipedia's Page about Critical_Incident_Stress_Management
CISM International
The International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF)
The Free Library
American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
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