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dc.contributor.authorDevilly, GJ
dc.contributor.authorCotton, P
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:46:02Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:46:02Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.date.modified2010-08-02T07:20:13Z
dc.identifier.issn0005-0067
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00050060310001707147
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/29048
dc.description.abstractCritical incident stress debriefing (CISD), a specific form of psychological debriefing, has gained widespread acceptance and implementation in the few short years since it was first proposed (Mitchell, 1983). However, there has been recent doubt cast on this practice and confusion regarding the terminology used. This article explores the claims frequently made by proponents regarding its use, counterclaims of ineffectiveness by its detractors, and general consensus regarding its specific use and the use of more generic psychological debriefing. We conclude that the recently introduced critical incident stress management (CISM) and its proposed progenitor, CISD, are currently poorly defined and relatively indistinct in the treatmentoutcome literature and should be treated similarly. Current expert consensus and meta-analytic reviews suggest that CISD is possibly noxious, generic psychological debriefing is probably inert and that more emphasis should be placed on screening for, and providing, early intervention to those who go on to develop pathological reactions. A set of generic guidelines for the minimisation and management of workplace traumatic stress responses is also proposed.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.publisher.placeUK
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom144
dc.relation.ispartofpageto150
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian Psychologist
dc.relation.ispartofvolume38
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognition
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode520401
dc.titlePsychological debriefing and the workplace: defining a concept, controversies and guidelines for intervention
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2003
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorDevilly, Grant J.


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