The process in psychological debriefings

✍ Scribed by Atle Dyregrov

• Book ID: 102925956
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 935 KB
• Volume: 10
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0894-9867
• DOI: 10.1002/jts.2490100406

✦ Synopsis

Critical Incident Stress Debriefirigs have become an iritervention method used in various cultwes, countries and groups following critical incidents. Altlioiglh the stnictrtre of such meetings has been adequately described, utilization of the group processes involved has received less attention. A model, process debriefing (PD), based on experiences from Europe, is presented. Some differences between the current CISD process in the United States and the Europe based model are outlined. Varioiis factors that impact the process of debriefings are discussed with a special emphasis on leadership, and implications of these group process variables for psychological debriejing are presented. It is eniphasized that the continued exploration and disctrssion of process issires is critical to advance the understanding of the critical elements of debriefing.