For instance,
crisis intervention techniques often rely heavily on language, requiring activities such as debriefing or discussing alternative options (Colvin & Scott, 2015).
The attitudes of mental health professionals influence the culture of mental health services and "the extent to which they change in response to policy directives" (28) To counteract a dominant focus on risk assessment and management will require not only knowledge of
crisis intervention principles, positive risk taking and assessment skills, but also a compassionate attitude.
In previous studies on Chinese disaster psychological
crisis intervention the primary focus has been on qualitative descriptions of the mechanisms of psychological
crisis intervention and current psychological rescue procedures (Hu et al., 2010; Liu, Wu, & Wang, 2011; Zhang et al., 2011).
The seven-stage
crisis intervention model: A road map to goal attainment, problem solving, and crisis resolution.
Table 1 lists step models commonly used in
crisis intervention. The first column lists steps used in well-known models found in textbooks.
The
crisis intervention team (CIT) model of collaboration between law enforcement and mental health.
In the mid-20th century, social work journals began publishing articles using the
crisis intervention framework and promulgating specialized training for social workers in agencies working with clients in crisis (NASW, 2008).
Awareness of how crises affect various people-groups, thinking through the important role disaster workers play in re-establishing normalcy in people's shaken lives, and planning immediate and long-term approaches to help traumatized people recapture mental equilibrium are vital aspects of a
crisis intervention program.
26-29: Nonviolent
Crisis Intervention Workshop; Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI); Toronto, ON; 1-800-558-5976 or register at www.crisisprevention.com
The training component of the CIT program offers volunteer officers 40 hours of training about mental illness and techniques for effective
crisis intervention (e.g., deescalation skills) provided by mental health providers, family advocates, and mental health consumer groups.
The critical and multisystemic nature of
crisis intervention is made immediately apparent to readers in the beginning of the book with the presentation of gripping newspaper headlines from several recent, horrific world tragedies, including the massacre at Columbine High School and the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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Crisis intervention for patients who require intensive support for a short period of time to enable them to remain at home.