According to your text, what is the biggest reason why Critical Incident Stress Debriefing was used, even without research evidence that it was effective?
a. Conducting research would have taken too much time.
b. A meta-analysis on hundreds of studies would be needed to determine its effectiveness.
c. Doing the research would have been too expensive.
d. Using CISD made good common sense.
Question 2
The authors of your text discuss the scientific rigor involved in testing new medications. Analogous to this, if Critical Incident Stress Debriefing were a medication, what does your text suggest that people would be doing now?
a. There would be clamoring for insurance to cover the intervention.
b. People would lobby Congress to make CISD mandatory nationwide.
c. There would be a public outcry and lawsuits against CISD.
d. People would want more empirical evidence before reacting.
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