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Dr. Bryan E. Bledsoe – debunking CISM (and responses)
Posted on August 19, 2010 | No CommentsI came across a Powerpoint deck by Dr. Bryan E. Bledsoe, an emergency physician and former EMT, who reviewed many studies of CISM/CISD with a critical eye. I’m not sure of the date on this, but I think it is from around 2002. As much... -
Disaster Psychology for CERT
Posted on August 17, 2010 | No CommentsCERT disaster psychology presentations, with added material from Bay Area CISM Team. -
Loss of Memory Due to Stressful Situations – LoveToKnow Stress
Posted on June 21, 2010 | No CommentsLoss of Memory Due to Stressful Situations – LoveToKnow Stress -
Pepsi Refresh Everything
Posted on May 3, 2010 | No CommentsPepsi Refresh Project – you can vote for CISM training in Ohio. Help emergency services workers exposed to critical incident stress. | Pepsi Refresh Everything -
Your Doc Is In: Acute Treatment of Disaster Survivors
Posted on February 14, 2010 | No CommentsYour Doc Is In: Acute Treatment of Disaster Survivors Some especially good reminders toward the end of this article – puts debriefing into context, identifies where we can do harm. -
Interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder and psychological distress in emergency ambulance personnel: a review of the literature — Smith and Roberts 20 (1): 75 — Emergency Medicine Journal
Posted on February 14, 2010 | No CommentsInterventions for post-traumatic stress disorder and psychological distress in emergency ambulance personnel: a review of the literature — Smith and Roberts 20 (1): 75 — Emergency Medicine Journal Literature review concludes that better research is needed. -
Grief industry to the rescue – The Globe and Mail
Posted on February 14, 2010 | No CommentsGrief industry to the rescue – The Globe and Mail I’m posting this mostly as an example of somebody who just doesn’t get it. Specifically, she doesn’t understand that what most of us do is not therapy, not professional… it is peer support. Professionalizing grief... -
Finding a better way to grieve : The New Yorker
Posted on February 6, 2010 | No CommentsI doubt there will be any surprises in this article about Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, for those of us who are involved in CISM and/or grief counseling. We know that grief is disorganized and messy. Finding a better way to grieve : The New Yorker -
I’ve been away
Posted on January 27, 2010 | 1 CommentYes, the blog hasn’t been updated in a while. I fell prey at first to the problem that it is hard to write about CISM while doing it. But not only did I have some tough debriefings recently, I’ve had some difficult losses myself. A... -
Request for ICISF CISM Trained Personnel
Posted on January 26, 2010 | No CommentsProject Medishare Request for ICISF CISM Trained Personnel Dear Colleagues, We are organizing a planned mental health support team for Haiti with the first deployment potentially scheduled for February 2, 2010 with rotations following thereafter. The mental health teams will be partnering with Project Medishare...