crisis intervention

intervention /in·ter·ven·tion/ (-ven´shun)

1. the act or fact of interfering so as to modify.

2. any measure whose purpose is to improve health or alter the course of disease.

crisis intervention

1. an immediate, short-term, psychotherapeutic approach, the goal of which is to help resolve a personal crisis within the individual's immediate environment.

2. the procedures involved in responding to an emergency.

percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) the management of coronary artery occlusion by any of various catheter-based techniques, such as percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, atherectomy, excimer laser angioplasty, and implantation of coronary stents and related devices.

intervention [in″ter-ven´shun]

interposition or interference in the affairs of another to accomplish a goal or end; see also implementation.

crisis intervention

1. counseling or psychotherapy for patients in a life crisis that is directed at supporting the patient through the crisis and helping the patient cope with the stressful event that precipitated it.

2. in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as use of short-term counseling to help the patient cope with a crisis and resume a state of functioning comparable to or better than the pre-crisis state.

nursing intervention an action for which nurses are responsible that is intended to benefit a patient or client.

percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) the management of coronary artery occlusion by any of various catheter-based techniques, such as percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, atherectomy, angioplasty using the excimer laser, and implantation of coronary stents and related devices.

intervention (omaha) in the omaha system, an action or activity undertaken to address a specific client problem and to improve, maintain, or restore health or to prevent illness. See also intervention scheme.

crisis intervention

Psychiatry The counseling of a person suffering from a stressful life event–eg, AIDS, cancer, death, divorce, by providing mental and moral support. See Hotline.

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Sexual Assault Support Services - Crisis intervention, long-term emotional and practical support and referral to community services.

VOLUNTEERS by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

Teresa Rafferty, founder of the nonprofit program that works within the foster care system to provide high-risk infants and toddlers with a safe, family-focused, child-centered transitional home during periods of crisis intervention.

Art show benefits Baby's Breath Inc by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)

He describes types of breakdowns, predisposition to incarceration, the psychology of trauma and breakdown, facades, methods and reasons in conformity, the development and loss of trust, problems and crises in context of the prison system itself and outside settings that led to incarceration, and possible methods of crisis intervention.

Men in crisis; human breakdowns in prison. (reprint, 1975) by Reference & Research Book News

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