Crisis Intervention Flashcards
1
Q
Whether a stressful event precipitates a crisis based on:
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Past learned coping mechanisms
Perception of the event
Situational support
2
Q
Situational Crisis
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Arises from external events: Loss of others Change in employment or financial status Change in the status of a significant other Physical Illness Suicide
3
Q
Adventitious Crisis
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Result from natural disasters: Fire Earthquakes Riots Crimes of violence (rape, assault, or murder)
4
Q
Crisis Assessment
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Identify the hazard/precipitating event Identify Coping Mechanisms Assess potential for Suicidal or Violent Behavior Identify Situational Support Evaluate pt's perception of event
5
Q
Counseling Keystones Relevant to Assessment of Crisis
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Empathy
Concreteness (only time we give advice, and do for the client)
Confrontation
Immediacy (What will you do now?)
6
Q
Therapeutic Crisis Intervention
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Restate the problem
Correction of Cognitive Distortions (Beck’s Cognitive Triad)
Implement Adaptive Coping Mechanisms
Include Significant Others
7
Q
Beck’s Cognitive Triad
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Individual:
holds negative view of self
evaluates ongoing events in a negative way
misinterprets available data, and assumes future holds no hope
8
Q
Phases of Crisis
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- Confrontation by the hazard, threatens the self-concept, produces temporary disequilibrium
- Usual problem-solving techniques fail, further increase of temporary disequilibrium
- Emergency problem-solving resources called upon and fail, further increasing temporary disequilibrium; panic may occur
- A major disruptive state or disorganization occurs
