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The Process in Psychological Debriefings

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Journal of Traumatic Stress

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Critical Incident Stress Debriefings have become an intervention method used in various cultures, countries and groups following critical incidents. Although the structure 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. Various factors that impact the process of debriefings are discussed with a special emphasis on leadership, and implications of these group process variables for psychological debriefing are presented. It is emphasized that the continued exploration and discussion of process issues is critical to advance the understanding of the critical elements of debriefing.

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Dyregrov, A. The Process in Psychological Debriefings. J Trauma Stress 10, 589–605 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024893702747

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