title: Enhancing the crisis management briefing.
abstract: The Crisis Management Briefing (CMB) is a powerful and versatile crisis intervention tool, effective within a wide variety of populations, settings, and critical incidents. Initially proposed by Everly (2000), the CMB uniquely fills the factual information void following a critical incident. Additionally, a CMB provides essential information on effective coping strategies and available helping resources, tailored to the specific incident(s). The authors expand on the original CMB construct using their combined field experience, offering recommendations on team composition, strategic planning factors, using CISDs vs. CMBs, and specific enhancements for the four phases. They conclude with examples of specific interventions across a variety of events to illustrate their recommendations.
authors.affiliation: Washington State Patrol, 1405 Harrison Avenue NW, Suite 205, Olympia, Washington 98502, USA. wsp-psych@att.net
authors.forename: Daniel W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Volkmann
mesh_terms: D003419:Crisis Intervention / Q000379:methods*; D006287:Health Planning Guidelines; D006289:Health Planning Support; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D000092864:Suicide Prevention