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Abnormal and Behavioural Psychology

Abnormal and Behavioural Psychology

ISSN: 2472-0496

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Critical Incident Stress Management

Critical stress management of incidents (CISM) is an adaptive, short-term psychological help method that focuses only on an immediate and recognizable problem. It may provide preparedness for pre-incident acute crisis management and follow-up during crisis. Its goal is to encourage people to return to their daily life faster and less likely to experience post-traumatic stress. However, evidence-based studies have found that CISM is inadequate for primary trauma patients, and can only be used for secondary victims, such as staff responding to emergency care. CISM was never intended to treat primary trauma sufferers. Managing critical incident stress is a crisis management program intended to avoid psychological harm associated with rare and traumatic events, also called critical incidents. CISM seeks to help those who are vulnerable to exposure to trauma, as well as others who have witnessed an extremely traumatic incident. CISM is provided by many types of practitioners, including emergency responders (firefighters, law enforcement officers, etc.), medical workers (nurses, physicians, medics), search and rescue employees, military personnel, mental health professionals, clergy, hospital staff and community members.

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