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Messages: 

• Message from the President of the ICISF, Inc.:  Five Week Update
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• Message from the President of the ICISF, Inc.:  Two Week Update
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• Message from the President of the ICISF, Inc.:  One Week Update
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You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view and print many of  these articles. Acrobat Reader is available for free download here:

• New Article: The Meaning of Assistance (html)
  • The Meaning of Assistance (.pdf - Adobe Acrobat Format)
• New Article: Psychological Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Review
• Article: Five Principles of Crisis Intervention: Reducing the Risk of Premature Crisis Intervention
• Article: Critical Incident Stress Management and the Assaulted Staff Action Program
• A relevant link: Helping Children Cope After Disaster
• Article: Crisis Intervention: A Review
• Article: Psychopharmacology and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• Article / speech text:  WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND TERRORISM: MENTAL HEALTH CONSEQUENCES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PLANNING AND TRAINING
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• Article:  Bringing Your Debriefers Home After A Disaster: Debriefing the Debriefers
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• Handout: The ICISF CISM Information Pamphlet  (Adobe Acrobat .pdf format)

• Article: Coordinating a Multiple Casualty Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Response Within a Medical/Surgical Hospital Setting (Adobe Acrobat .pdf format)

• Article: The Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Process for the Los Angeles County Fire Department: Automatic and Effective  (Adobe Acrobat .pdf format)

• Article: Coordination of Mental Health and Community Agencies in Disaster Response (Adobe Acrobat .pdf format)

• Article: Treating Family Survivors of Mass Casualties: A CISM Family Crisis Intervention Approach,  (Adobe Acrobat .pdf format)

• Handout:  Critical Incident Stress Information Sheet (Adobe Acrobat .pdf format) This is a combination of our "CIS Things to Try" page and our "Signs and Symptoms" page. Use the Adobe Acrobat format link if you wish to print and distribute this handout.
• Article:  The Debriefing Controversy (Adobe Acrobat .pdf format)
• Article:  Family Recovery From Terror, Grief and Trauma
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• Article:  Pastoral Crisis Intervention: Toward a Definition
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• Article:  The Role of Pastoral Crisis Intervention in Disasters, Terrorism, Violence, and Other Community Crises (Adobe Acrobat .pdf format)

• Article:  Crisis Management Briefings (CMB): Large Group Crisis Intervention in Response to Terrorism, Disasters, and Violence  (Adobe Acrobat .pdf format)
• Handout / article: Victim Identification and Family Support in Mass Casualties: The Massachusetts Model  (Adobe Acrobat .pdf format)
• Article: America Under Attack: The "10 Commandments" of Responding to Mass Terrorist Attacks  (Adobe Acrobat .pdf format)

• Handout / article:  Children's Reactions and Needs After Disaster

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• Handout / article: Terror: How to Talk to Children
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  • Note: There was a significant typo in this article which has been corrected as of 9/17/01, 14:30 hrs EDT.