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Debriefing

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Key Benefits

bulletMitigate Stress Reactions
bulletAccelerate Recovery
bulletAssessment

Capabilities

Critical Incident Stress Debriefng (CISD) is one part of an integrated management approach to Acute Traumatic, or Critical Incident, Stress.  It is a group meeting or discussion employing both crisis intervention and educational processes targeted toward mitigating or resolving the psychological distress associated with a critical incident or traumatic event
 
Team Members
Peer managed and peer driven with Mental Health oversight and guidance.
Mitigate impact and Accelerate recovery
Relief of stress in normal, emotionally healthy people through emotional ventilation and correction of perceptions.
Education
About stress reactions and management.
Provide Support and Remove Stigmata
By being in a group of their peers, attendees are reassured that their reactions are normal and not unique to themselves.   They also draw strength from the group process.
Assessment
There is a positive, non-threatening contact with mental health which allows for screening for people in need of additional therapy and smoothing that transition in the minority of people that may require it.
 

 

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