Critical Issue on Psychological Debriefing
Critical Issue on Psychological Debriefing
Two facts presented by Mitchell of the critical issue (Mitchell, 1983).
• The CISD protocol that Mitchell described was a group process of seven distinct phases. Prior to this Mitchell used a six-stage model (Mitchell, 1983).
• The Society working party on psychological debriefing was given the aim of evaluating the available information and opinions and producing a clear statement on the status of psychological debriefing (Mitchell, 1983)
Two facts presented by Devilly and Cotton on Critical issue Cotton and Devilly, (2003):
• Psychological debriefing is a technique employed by social workers, clinicians, etc in which victims are encouraged to relive traumatic experiences and are warned of possible anxiety symptoms that they might suffer immediately after the event.
• Cotton and Devilly, (2003); mention that in a national morbidity study performed in Australia in 2001, out of all the people who suffered a traumatic event, only 1.9% of men and 2.9% of women suffer from PTSD 12 months following the event.
The two opinions presented by Devilly and Cotton are:
• CISD is a program developed with the intention of intervening with those exposed to trauma before allowing traumatic symptoms to fester over time (Everly and Mitchell, 2005).
• Devilly and Cotton stated that psychological debriefing is “the first resort when disaster strikes (Mitchell, 1983).
Two of the opinions presented by (Mitchell and Everly) are:
• CISD is a component of Critical Incident Stress Management. It is particularly effective in helping people talk about a given critical incident or disaster in such a way that it both relieves stress and helps them recovers (Mitchell, 1990).
• The exact procedure for formal CISD is given in Critical Incident Stress Debriefing, an operations manual. Only mental health professionals specifically trained in this model should do Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (Mitchell, 1990).
The strengths of the
Two facts presented by Mitchell of the critical issue (Mitchell, 1983).
• The CISD protocol that Mitchell described was a group process of seven distinct phases. Prior to this Mitchell used a six-stage model (Mitchell, 1983).
• The Society working party on psychological debriefing was given the aim of evaluating the available information and opinions and producing a clear statement on the status of psychological debriefing (Mitchell, 1983)
Two facts presented by Devilly and Cotton on Critical issue Cotton and Devilly, (2003):
• Psychological debriefing is a technique employed by social workers, clinicians, etc in which victims are encouraged to relive traumatic experiences and are warned of possible anxiety symptoms that they might suffer immediately after the event.
• Cotton and Devilly, (2003); mention that in a national morbidity study performed in Australia in 2001, out of all the people who suffered a traumatic event, only 1.9% of men and 2.9% of women suffer from PTSD 12 months following the event.
The two opinions presented by Devilly and Cotton are:
• CISD is a program developed with the intention of intervening with those exposed to trauma before allowing traumatic symptoms to fester over time (Everly and Mitchell, 2005).
• Devilly and Cotton stated that psychological debriefing is “the first resort when disaster strikes (Mitchell, 1983).
Two of the opinions presented by (Mitchell and Everly) are:
• CISD is a component of Critical Incident Stress Management. It is particularly effective in helping people talk about a given critical incident or disaster in such a way that it both relieves stress and helps them recovers (Mitchell, 1990).
• The exact procedure for formal CISD is given in Critical Incident Stress Debriefing, an operations manual. Only mental health professionals specifically trained in this model should do Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (Mitchell, 1990).
The strengths of the
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