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Select one of the following critical issues located in the Taking Sides text:    • Issue 4: Are Blocked and Recovered Memories Valid Phenomena?  • Issue 11: Should Psychologists Prescribe Medication? (see attached PDF)  • Issue 18: Should Mental Health Professionals Serve as Gatekeepers for Physician-Assisted Suicide?    Analyze your selected critical issue by using the Critical Issue Analysis template located on the student website. As a part of your analysis, evaluate contemporary research associated with your selected critical issue.      ***************************  Due 4/18/13 at 10am eastern  Select one of the following critical issues located in the Taking Sides text:    • Issue 2: Should Individuals with Anorexia Nervosa Have the Right to Refuse Life-Sustaining Treatment? (see attached PDF)  • Issue 6: Should All Uses of MDMA (Ecstasy) Be Prohibited?  • Issue 7: Should Abstinence Be the Goal for Treating People with Alcohol Problems?
	
Document Preview: Due 4/16/13 at 4pm easternResources: The Critical Issue Analysis template located on the student website and the Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Abnormal Psychology textAnalyze Issue 3: Is Psychological Debriefing a Harmful Intervention for Survivors of Trauma? located in the Taking Sides text. As a part of your analysis, evaluate contemporary research associated with the critical issue. (See attached PDF) *****************************Due 4/17/13 at 1pm easternSelect one of the following critical issues located in the Taking Sides text:Issue 4: Are Blocked and Recovered Memories Valid Phenomena?Issue 11: Should Psychologists Prescribe Medication? (see attached PDF)Issue 18: Should Mental Health Professionals Serve as Gatekeepers for Physician-Assisted Suicide?Analyze your selected critical issue by using the Critical Issue Analysis template located on the student website. As a part of your analysis, evaluate contemporary research associated with your selected critical issue.***************************Due 4/18/13 at 10am easternSelect one of the following critical issues located in the Taking Sides text:Issue 2: Should Individuals with Anorexia Nervosa Have the Right to Refuse Life-Sustaining Treatment? (see attached PDF)Issue 6: Should All Uses of MDMA (Ecstasy) Be Prohibited?Issue 7: Should Abstinence Be the Goal for Treating People with Alcohol Problems?Analyze your selected critical issue by using the Critical Issue Analysis template located on the student website. As a part of this analysis, evaluate contemporary research associated with your selected critical issue.

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Critical Issue Analysis: Is Psychological Debriefing a 
Harmful Intervention for Survivors of Trauma?
The current issue is that of psychological debriefing and Critical Incident Stress 
Debriefing / Management (CISD / M). The first challenge is to understand the meaning of 
these terms, the difference between them (if any) and their implications in use and practice. 
The second, but more important challenge is to analyze whether psychological debriefing, 
CISD and CISM are potentially harmful or beneficial. 
On one side of the matter, we have Grant J. Devilly and Peter Cotton who assert that 
CISD is neither properly defined, nor effective and can actually do harm to the clients. On the 
other side of the matter, we have Jeffrey T. Mitchell representing the International Critical 
Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) who states that the information presented by the former, 
Devilly and Cotton is a misrepresentation. They assert that a lack of understanding 
psychological debriefing has led to a confused report and they attempt to clear up the 
confusion. 
What are at least two facts presented by each side of the critical issue? 
To support their argument, Devilly and Cotton quoted Everly et al. (2000) describing “a 
new generation of intervention technologies.” They go on to say that CISM is a larger and 
more encompassing approach. Another fact they presented was that CISD is a somewhat 
loosely defined concept in the field. They also presented the fact that is a review of CISD/M 
the authors included “Assualt Staff Action Programs” and a different outcome measure of 
how many time the staff was assaulted. 
Mitchell has also presented certain facts to support his side of the argument. He admits 
that the terms have evolved over time and have not been entirely consistent. He quotes two 
paragraphs that were on the website of ICISF and its training workbooks in 1998 and 2001. 
These quotes were meant to clears such confusion.

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