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CISM Goals
include:
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Stabilization of psychological functioning,
- Mitigation
of psychological dysfunction or distress,
- Return to
psychological functioning,
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Facilitation to a higher level of care if needed
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CISM helps keep the helpers
psychologically healthy
and doing what they love doing – helping others.
CISM is a
peer driven program with mental
health professionals a “back-up”.
Addressing potential
“psychological toxins”
unique to the event is the focus of CISM activities.
CISM is committed to
assisting each CAP volunteer to be psychologically ready
for various psychologically challenging
life events and to return home
psychologically safe
after each mission.
“As
physical first aid is to surgery, psychological crisis
intervention is to psychotherapy.”
(Everly
& Mitchell, 2008).
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